Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you fail the test. (2 Corinthians 13:5 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Once you have been born of Yahweh, Christ is in you. If you are still living at a level of Christ being with […]
Faith becomes effective when we act on it. James wrote in his letter that he showed his faith by his deeds. Some of the ideas that we believe have not yet passed the test of being “stood on.” We have not yet encountered an opportunity to prove them by being in a position that demands it. I prove my trust […]
It is a very grand day when we change from looking at the world in order to try to understand God to looking at God in order to try to understand His creation. It is a day of wonders when we stop trying to figure out who Jesus is by looking at the church. When we shift from looking at […]
You may not see many opportunities to serve Jesus very effectively in your school, your job, neighborhood, or trips to buy groceries. It is probably always a good presumption to believe that there is more around us than we happen to perceive, though. Elisha’s servant walked out of their home one morning and saw more than he wanted to see […]
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. Everything that exists was created through Him, and nothing that got created was made without Him. The Word became flesh, and lived with us. (John 1:1,3,&14a) First, the Word was just a word. Father used the Word to create everything that got created. Then, […]
Many movies that become popular start with the person who later becomes the hero being unpopular, wimpy, nerdy, but passionate. Passion at its root meaning speaks of pain. Their passion is both in their ideals, which they are not able to attain because they are not powerful enough, and in their rejection as outcasts by the popular and handsome and […]
When Moses left the presence of Yahweh by leaving the tent of meeting, he terrorized people he encountered by glowing. It became such a problem that he started putting a veil over his face so they couldn’t see the glow. Moses met with his God face to face in the tent. When we meet with Him, our hope of glory […]
Paul, while lamenting about his unconverted behavior in Romans 7, stated twice, “It is no longer I who do it…” speaking of sin. He was swamped with sin, but he wasn’t sinning. John stated that “If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” and walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. But if we walk […]
He answered them, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.” Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What is this you’ve done?” For the men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence, because he had told them. So they said to him, […]
If the Spirit of God shows me that someone I know has done something harmful to others or morally wrong, I become responsible for that knowledge. What I do with the knowledge will govern future revelation the Spirit trusts me with. If my response to the sin is to spread the knowledge of it, I will be like Noah’s son […]