Date 8/2/15

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Iran's parliament has no power over nuclear deal, top negotiator says

Iran publishes book on how to outwit US and destroy Israel

Dems still weighing Iran deal, but happy with Obama outreach

Iranian Official: Senate Cannot Review Our Agreement with IAEA

Two rockets fall near Israel's border fence

Hamas leader's car fire-bombed in West Bank

'Netanyahu shuns peace because he wants another intifada,' Abbas tells Meretz MKs

Abbas orders PA security forces to prevent revenge attacks

Herzog: Jewish and Muslim terror should be dealt with in the same way

Protests against homophobia and Jewish 'terror' take place throughout Israel

The expulsion of Baghdad's Jews and the unraveling of the Middle East

Egyptian forces kill top ISIS figure, seal security pact with Saudi Arabia

US officials admit Isil just as strong as when air campaign began

NY terror suspect becomes 48th ISIS-related arrest in 2015

The flow of jihadists into Syria dries up as Turkey cracks down on the border

Kurdish militia in Syria accuses Turkey of 'provocative' attacks

Iraq's Kurdistan laments being caught in middle of Turkey-PKK fight

Refugees flee ISIS to Iraqi Kurdistan, 'the Israel of the Arab states'

Why Obama Admin Won't Use 'Islamic' Term to Describe Terror Attacks

New Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour calls for unity

Member of Russian Taliban accused of masterminding attack against US soldiers

Ukraine FM calls on Russia to negotiate end to war in battle-torn east

On Army Day, China warns of growing border security risks

Columnist Says Navy To Bring Charges Against Commander Of Chattanooga Naval Center Who Fired At Shooter

Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport ticketing area temporarily evacuated after bag tests positive for explosives

NYPD To Hunt For Drones During Pope Francis' Visit In The Fall

Extended slump in oil taking toll on industry, economy

Iran expects oil output to rise by 1 million barrels per day

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near San Jose de Jachal, Argentina

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Lapase, Philippines

Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 22,000ft

Raung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft

Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 14,000ft

Suwanosejima volcano in Japan erupts to 13,000ft

Tropical Storm Soudelor to Threaten China, Taiwan after crossing Mariana Islands

India and Myanmar monsoon rains leave dozens dead

No Foreseeable Relief After Iran City Feels Like Exceptional 163 F

Extreme heatwave expected across Israel

Calif. National Guard sending helicopters to fight wildfires

Firefighter dies after battling 1 of several California wildfires, agency says

Obama to Unveil Tougher Climate Plan With His Legacy in Mind

Four dead, 65 sick in New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak

CDC's top modeler courts controversy with disease estimate

Christian Pharmacy Forced to Sell Abortion Drugs

Is Planned Parenthood Selling "Fully Intact" Babies Born Alive and Left to Die?

Big Labor defends Planned Parenthood, calls attacks 'extremist,' 'politically motivated'

Slaying the Abortion Giant - Senate to vote Monday on Defunding Planned Parenthood

Fetal cannibalism, Planned Parenthood style in China

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IN TODAY'S NEWSLETTER...

1. Featured Article: 5 Things You Should Know About How God Sees You

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5 Things You Should Know About How God Sees You - A Bible Study by Jack Kelley -

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I'm convinced most Christians don't have a very good understanding of how God sees us. I'm not surprised about this because it's really hard to for us to comprehend. God sees us so differently from the way we see ourselves and the way others see us, that there's really no comparison. It's like He and we are looking at two different people. And in a way that's true because we can only see ourselves from our past experience, but He has chosen to see us now as we will be in the future when we're with Him forever. So let's set aside how we see ourselves for a moment and take a look at five things the Bible says about how God sees us.

You Are His Child Forever

"Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God-children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God"(John 1:12-13).

How many times have you heard someone say, "We're all God's children." Did you realize that's not a true statement? Only a born again believers can legitimately call themselves children of God because one of the things that happens when we become born again is that God actually adopts us as His own.

Galatians 4:4-7 says the way to our adoption into the family of God was opened with the death of Jesus. As soon as we were born again we received the adoption to sonship, and the Spirit of God's Son came into our heart. So we are no longer slaves, but God's children; and since we are his children, God has also made us His heir. This is why Ephesians 1:13-14 tells us the Holy Spirit was given to us as a deposit that guarantees our inheritance. As heirs of God we have an inheritance that no one can take from us.

From 2 Cor. 1:21-22 we learn that when we were born again, God set His seal of ownership on us and put His Spirit in our heart guaranteeing what is to come. Since then it's God Himself who makes us stand firm in Christ. Having freed us from the one who held us in slavery, He set His own seal of ownership on us. We are no longer slaves but sons and daughters of God. Having been bought at a price, the precious blood of Jesus, we belong to God now, and no one can ever change that.

He has placed us under the care of His Son, as the owner of a flock of sheep would place them under the care of a shepherd. It's the Father's will that the Son should lose none of those He's been given, therefore everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life (John 6:37-40).

This is not something we accomplished through any personal effort of our own. It's a work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit that cannot be undone. Nothing in all of creation can change what they have done in us (Romans 8:38-39) and no one can ever take us out of their hands (John 10:27-30). Once we are born again, we are God's children forever.

You Still Sin, But He No Longer Counts Your Sins Against You

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit (Psalm 32:1-2).

In Psalm 32:1-2 King David foresaw this and in Romans 7:15-24 Paul explained it. Having admitted that try as he might he just couldn't completely stop sinning, he gave us God's perspective on the matter. He said that when he sinned, it was no longer he himself who sinned, but the sin who lived within him.

Here's what he meant. In Romans 7:9 Paul said, "Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died." He was talking about reaching the age when he became accountable for his sins. Before that happened he was not accountable and had eternal life. It's not that he didn't sin before then, but his sins were not counted against him. However, as soon as he was old enough to be accountable, the penalty for his sins was applied and he no longer had eternal life.

Now let's look at two seemingly unrelated statements Jesus made about what it takes to enter God's Kingdom. In Matt. 18:3 He said, "Unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." And in John 3:3 He said, "No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again."

By putting these together with Paul's comments on accountability we can see the Lord's two statements really weren't unrelated at all. Remember, Paul said little children have eternal life because their sins are not counted against them. Jesus said in order to enter the Kingdom we have to become like little children again. But He also said in order to enter the kingdom we have to be born again. Therefore, the way to become like little children so our sins are not counted against us is to be born again.

The proof of this is when Paul was born again G