“I assure you: Anyone who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this […]
Laws can convict people, but they can’t change people. We don’t just need the punishment of being imprisoned. We need the discipline of being born of the Eternal Father and filled with His Spirit of Life. We need to be convinced that Life is to be preferred over death. Since I am speaking to those who understand law, brothers, are […]
He saved them from the hand of the adversary;He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.Water covered their foes;not one of them remained.Then they believed His promisesand sang His praise. They soon forgot His worksand would not wait for His counsel.(Psalm 106:10-13 HCSB ©®) Remembering His works can cause us to expect victory and success.Waiting for His counsel can […]
Eros is a Greek word that can mean “desire.” Agape is a Greek word that appears many times in the New Testament, and is always translated, “love.” I eros people because I like the way they bless me or take care of me or make me feel good about myself. Eros is a good synonym for “romance.” Romance usually lasts […]
Not many people have read the Bible or the Koran or the Book of Mormon. I have copies of all of them, but have only read portions of the Koran and the Book of Mormon. I don’t expect truth to come to me through either, so what I have read in each was simply to see what lies are actually […]
Note verse 11: “The secret of the kingdom of God has been granted to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables…” Note verse 13: “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?” 10 When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables. 11 […]
He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him? Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother called Mary, and His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, aren’t they all with us? So where does He […]
By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.(Acts 3:16 HCSB ©®) It was the name of Jesus that healed the man at the gate called “beautiful.” Use the name at every opportunity. […]
Whatever you are excited about is probably an arrow aimed at your future. If it happens to be the burden that Jesus is offering you, it will draw you to the yoke that can affect it. For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to will and to act for His good purpose. Do everything without […]
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the […]