For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: if One died for all, then all died. And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.(2 Corinthians 5:14-15 HCSB ©®) You have not yet been invited to my funeral, but […]
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 […]
I smile when I read an obituary that states that the deceased entered into eternal rest on whatever the date of passing was. Rest amounts to very different interpretation in different contexts. For Israelis in bondage in Babylon, for Africans sold into slavery by their African neighbors, for believers and Muslims in China forced into slave labor to make products […]
Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with Godas something to be used for His own advantage.Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave,taking on the likeness of men.And when […]
I have been asked by a surprising number of people lately if they should feel guilty for thinking that the church meetings they have been attending are boring. I have never had anyone declare to me that the Kingdom of Heaven is boring. It’s a free call: 1-800-getaclue. Call now, while the lines are still open… The Kingdom is the […]
When you don’t have answers, always look for the Light of the world. The light you receive may not be the light that produces the noon day’s heat. It may be a lighthouse across a sea swelling and crashing from a storm, that only blinks to you as it turns toward you and then disappears again. It may be no […]
Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross […]
Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves. Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, in order to build him up. For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You […]
Taste and see that the Lord is good.How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!Fear the Lord, you His saints,for those who fear Him lack nothing.Young lions lack food and go hungry,but those who seek the Lordwill not lack any good thing.Come, children, listen to me;I will teach you the fear of the Lord.Who is the man who […]
So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. When the Messiah, who is your life, is […]