| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: circumcision of Christ:
COL 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the
dead.
COL 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses;
COL 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against
us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
COL 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: ACT 21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs,
and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a
great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
ACT 22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make
now unto you.
ACT 22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to
them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
ACT 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught
according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant
which I made with their fathers.
JER 11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon
them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry
unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
JER 11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem
go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall
not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
JER 11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O
Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye
set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto
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