Does any of you who has a complaint against someone dare go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels—not to […]
This is how a story should have gone: I was walking this afternoon for exercise. A vehicle approached me from behind, and a fool threw her large paper cup from a fast food restaurant that was filled with Pepsi at me and it scared me as it exploded on my left shoulder and drenched my left ear and neck and […]
Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. Brothers, consider your calling: not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth. Instead, God has chosen the world’s foolish […]
Information about the Kingdom of Heaven is not just the highest philosophy – it is good news! It is not just truth – it is the introduction of One Who is The Truth. It is not just correction – it is the power to live in fellowship with the Source of Life and righteousness, and to be influenced by Him […]
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.(Matthew 16:19 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. As soon as He got […]
The only time the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence is when Jesus instructs you to go there. The Lord is my shepherd;there is nothing I lack.He lets me lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside quiet waters.He renews my life;He leads me along the right pathsfor His name’s sake.(Psalm 23:1-3 Holman Christian Standard […]
Be encouraged that Jesus your King will never stop increasing the power and reach and influence of His government. He will continually gain more and more influence over your mind and will and circumstance and purpose. Yahweh Sabaoth is zealous to see to it. Of the increase of His government and peaceThere will be no end,Upon the throne of David […]
In the centuries after Malachi prophesied to Israel, a revival of interest in serving Yahweh by knowing and obeying His commandments was led by a group of men who became known as the Pharisees. They studied, taught, and enforced the laws Yahweh had given to their nation through Moses. They were spiritual heroes. After a few generations of their leadership, […]
Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.(Hebrews 5:13-14 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) What preparation have you had, and what are your qualifications that enable you to know the difference […]
Paul, encouraging the saints in Corinth to be generous, included this in his advice to them regarding their generosity: Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness, as you are enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God […]