The Pharisees had the Scriptures memorized. As Jesus said, however, they neither knew God nor His power. As Stanley Jones would say, just having the Bible without the Spirit to bring it to life is just the Word made words. Jesus is the Word made flesh.If a seeker of truth, reading the Scriptures in order to know God and His […]
But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!” And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven. Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will […]
And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus assigned them. And having seen Him they worshiped; but some doubted. And having come to them, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to Me. Therefore having gone, disciple all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the […]
You can be good! Goodness is a fruit of the Spirit that can be revealed through your work and your words. When Jesus answered someone one day that only God is good, He spoke truth. The additional truth is that in addition to being good, Yahweh is generous. He likes to share His goodness with His children, and through them, […]
There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword;but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever,but a lying tongue, only a moment.(Proverbs 12:18-19 HCSB ©®) Whether we are talking to someone or about them, we can be bringing life for them or death against them by what we say and how we say it. We […]
The Lord sat enthroned at the flood;the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.The Lord gives His people strength;the Lord blesses His people with peace.(Psalm 29:10-11 HCSB ©®) The King Who commanded the creation of the earth and then commanded the flood sits as Lord over your life. Be blessed with strength and peace.
Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life. For if we […]
In the decades of 1940 through 1960, the culture of the United States was so influenced by followers of Jesus that sending children to institutions of public education meant subjecting them to prayer and teachings that included moral values and behaviors. Because the church in the United States was infiltrated by leaders who taught their followers that church people had […]
He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! […]
I was speechless and quiet;I kept silent, even from speaking good,and my pain intensified.My heart grew hot within me;as I mused, a fire burned.I spoke with my tongue: “Lord, reveal to me the end of my lifeand the number of my days.Let me know how transitory I am.”(Psalm 39:2-4 HCSB ©®) One reason Nehemiah was appointed to leadership by Yahweh […]