On days, we react to opportunities and dangers, and to situations that we cannot identify as either. Sometimes we clearly sense the leadership of the Holy One to answer in a certain way. Other times, we respond with no thought at all about any things but our rights, our feelings, or our fears. Even after some of our greatest errors in those responses, we are ignorant of the mistake until […]
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Womb or Tomb
I have been annoyed for a long time when I hear people having “revival meetings.” Part of my bad attitude stems from the number of meetings that came and went and nothing changed in or among anyone. Another part of the pain of listening to people longing for revival is the meaning of the word “revive.” It refers to something that was dead or near death being brought back to […]
Knowing Better
In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them home famished, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.” His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone […]
Attracted by a Burning Bush
In Exodus 3, Moses had led his wife’s father’s flock of sheep a long way, beyond a wilderness. On an apparently ordinary day, Yahweh’s messenger appeared to him as a flame in a bush. Because the bush was not burning, but simply hosting the flame, Moses drew near to know more. As he interacted with the presence of the Lord in the bush, he received the commission that revealed his […]
Your Work
In the Kingdom of Heaven, the only secular work is something you have chosen to do yourself. When you find what work the King has chosen you for, you will find that it requires a Spiritual gift, that He makes it supernaturally easy, and that doing it gives you life. His yoke is easy and His burden is light when you find Him ordaining your ministry assignment. Cyrus, the emperor […]
How Much is Everything?
Look at the context of Mark 9:23, where Jesus is quoted as saying, “All things are possible for the one who believes.” Remembering that the few times His disciples asked Him to explain something, He replied with detail about what He meant, ask Him some things like: Was the “all things” reference figurative, or literal? Could that “one who believes” mean even me? What does “believes” mean – believing that […]
The Savior’s Heirs
Hebrews 1:14 is in the section of the letter to the Hebrews that compares Jesus to angels. The letter exposes, in subject after subject, that everything that the Jews held valuable is superseded in value by the Person and the works of Jesus. The priesthood, the sacrifice, the angels, etc. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” Based on […]
The Next Change
In Mark 10:17-30, the story is related of Jesus encountering a ruler who was young and rich. He approached Jesus with a question. He knelt before Jesus when he asked it. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responded to his request by first loving him, and then answering him. “Go, sell all of your possessions, give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in […]
Altars Have Names
Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And so […]
Using the Law Legally
As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach other doctrine or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith. Now the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Some have deviated from these and […]