Alpha bible in a year 6 October CAN A LEOPARD CHANGE ITS SPOTS? Can people change? One of the most difficult things in the world is to break a bad habit or to give up sin. In one of today’s passages Jeremiah asks, ‘Can a leopard change its spots?’ (Jeremiah 13:23).
Baptism symbolises something even more amazing than circumcision: death and resurrection. You are in Christ. Therefore, when Jesus died, you died in him. When Jesus was buried, you were buried with him – and when he rose from the dead, you rose with him!
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This is how you got rid of your sinful nature- it died with Christ! In the ancient world, triumphs over hated enemies were celebrated with public spectacles. Understand and think about the amazing victory of Jesus on the crosspic.twitter.com/NMqDVm9hBY
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Jesus has done it all. You don’t need to add anything! All you need is Christ ‘who puts us together in one piece, whose very breath and blood flow through us. He is the Head and we are the body. We can grow up healthy in God only as he nourishes us’ (v.19 MSG)pic.twitter.com/oMhqRBTAtk
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JEREMIAH 11:18-13:27 (Plot Against Jeremiah, Jeremiah’s Complaint, God’s Answer, A Linen Belt, Wineskins, Threat of Captivity) Changed by testing Don’t be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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Life can be seen as a series of tests. We test things by putting them under pressure. Physical muscles grow through being put under pressure. God is more interested in how your heart and mind grow when they are tested; he tests ‘the heart and mind’ (11:20).
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God is not impressed by what we say that we will do – he is impressed by what we do when we are put under pressure. Progress in life and in ministry happens when you are tried and tested, and you pass the test.
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Jeremiah was tested. He had the task of warning people that they were about to go into exile. As a result, he was very unpopular and under constant attack. God revealed one of the plots against him. He turned to God for help. God warned him that even worse was to come
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Jeremiah calls the people to change their ways. He says, ‘Can a leopard get rid of its spots? So what are the odds on you doing good, you who are so long-practiced in evil?’ (13:23, MSG). It is hard to change. But the New Testament tells us that change is possible through Jesuspic.twitter.com/MWupT1T8eB
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Psalm 118:7 ‘The Lord is with me; he is my helper.’ Great news for busy days
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Verse of the Day ‘The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid’ (Psalm 118:6).
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