Most congregations of the church are more like orphanages than families. A small number of surrogate parents are employed to do the work of caring for too many children. God wants to set people in families (Psalm 68:5-6). Elisha did twice as many mighty works as Elijah. This was majorly because Elisha was taken in as a son by Elijah. […]
Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also you must forgive. Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of the Messiah, to which […]
In Exodus 19, Yahweh instructed Moses to tell His new nation that He wanted them to be three things to Him. He wanted a nation of people in the earth that was completely set apart (sanctified) to Him. He wanted them to represent Him and His agendas and His character in the earth. The rest of the earth could find […]
It is likely that Adam was still alive for more than 300 years of Enoch’s life, according to the information about ages of people when other people were born and lengths of lives that Moses wrote in Genesis. I find it easy to believe that Enoch’s strong desire to walk with Yahweh was birthed through walking with Adam some evenings […]
Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other. Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them, “You have brought me this man as […]
Luke 15:11-32 In Jesus’ parable of the two sons and the inheritance, one son seems to be happy to waste money on a good time with mates and the other seems to be stingy. In a few translations, the younger son is said to have wasted his half of his father’s estate in “prodigal living.” Some others say “riotous living.” […]
If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And we have this command from Him: the one who loves God must also love his brother. (1 John 4:20-21 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) […]
In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God.He was with God in the beginning.All things were created through Him,and apart from Him not one thing was createdthat has been created.Life was in Him,and that life was the light of men.That light shines in the darkness,yet the darkness did not overcome it.(John 1:1-5 Holman […]
As a man, the Son of God had the same access to power and revelation that we have: the Holy Spirit of God. Take advantage of your position, your identity, and your authority. Make a difference in the earth. If such things seem too lofty or out of reach, ask the same kind of questions that Joan of Arc (peasant […]
Cyrene was a city in what is now called Libya. It was home to some of Stephen’s detractors in Acts 6:7-15. It was also home to a man named Simon, who came to Jerusalem for Passover the year Jesus died (Mark 15:20-22). While he came with the simple intention of participating in the national observation of remembering being set free […]