The first thing you need to do in understanding any passage of scripture is to know when the writing took place. This is important because circumstances that impact our scriptural analysis change from time to time. For example, when we read things from the Old Testament, it is critical to realize that God’s people were, […]
We should thank God every day for the Bible. Having God’s Word in our own language and being able to purchase it at such a minor cost is an unbelievable blessing. In this country, almost anyone who wants a Bible can have one. Having a Bible alone, however, is not enough. While Bibles can be […]
What do you do when you are mistreated? If there was any one area that epitomizes what being a Christian is all about, the area of retaliation would be it. There is a great contrast between how the world acts when it is mistreated and the way Christians in the kingdom of God are supposed […]
Sin is repulsive. It was sin that made it necessary for God to go to extreme measures to redeem mankind. God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to condemn sin in the flesh (Romans 8:3) The conquering of sin, however, required more than the manifestation of God’s Son in the flesh. Jesus […]
Paul once said that we shall be judged for everything that we do in our bodies, whether good or evil (2 Corinthians 5:10). While this is true, and something we should never take lightly, we must remember that we will be judged not only for our actions but for our hearts as well. In the […]
In the great Sermon on the Mount, preached by our Savior, Jesus Christ, He exhorts us to make sure we practice righteousness properly. Matthew 6:1 (ESV) 1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in […]
This week we are looking at difficult sayings given to us by our Lord. The words we want to discuss in the blog tonight has to do with what Jesus said about the tongue. Matthew 12:36-37 (NKJV) 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account […]
The commandments of our Lord are always in our best interest but that does not mean that they are always easy. Some of His commands are very difficult to follow. This is why the way that leads to life is so narrow (Matthew 7:13-14). The majority of people in the world will not obey Christ […]
Being in Christ is the best location in life. To be in Christ, is to be a part of His body, the church (Colossians 1:18). What are some of the benefits to be obtained in Christ? All of them! Ephesians 1:3 (ESV) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who […]
When we think of the characteristics of God, we usually think of things that are beneficial to us. This is not surprising since most of those characteristics work in our favor. Because of this, however, the wrath of God is largely ignored when discussing the nature of God, at least by man. The Bible certainly […]