Jesus forgave sin without dying on the cross. Jesus healed the sick without dying on the cross. Jesus raised the dead without dying on the cross. His death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection opened the Door for your death and resurrection. His death on the cross opened the Door for you to receive His Holy Spirit. Now you […]
Christmas is mostly a pitiful exposé of our hearts with regard to our giving. Some of the layers of corruption include phrases like, “well, it’s Christmas,” when we give to a beggar. Another is hidden in the extra gifts purchased so that if we are surprised by a gift we have one that we can pretend was for that giver. […]
If baseball stats were taught in school, there would probably be fewer people learning them than are currently studying them feverishly. The motivation for learning the numbers and the histories is the love of the game. They work to show their love. If our Bible studies are only supplies of data and theology and rules, it is little wonder that […]
If your life is a long list of things other people are doing wrong, instead of a manifestation of One Who came to save people from themselves, please become convinced that one work is more useful than the other. If your answer to others’ sins is intercession instead of accusation, their lives could be changed.
If what you learn of Jesus does not become an expansion in you, it is dead. When it is new wine, full of the Spirit of Life, it will expand in you until you must decide whether to preserve the wine or the wine skin.
As you seek direction from the Spirit of Life regarding actions and invitations and temptations that constantly press you for service, the more you refuse the ones He leads you away from, the more you can devote yourself to the ones He leads you to accept. If you are not asking Him for that type of guidance, today would be […]
The teachers who have been making a living off of false eschatology (words about the end times) are likely to create the same scenario that Jesus encountered the first time He came to the earth: the religious camps all thought that He would rise from their party, would believe their doctrines and judge the other parties, and would rule the […]
The more we learn to thank the Holy Spirit when He points out a failure or sin and offers correction, the less we take offense when He uses a brother or sister to do it because we weren’t listening to Him. We have really come to live in a blessed place when, after not grasping that He is speaking to […]
On the cross, Jesus delivered us from the pain of failure and the penalty of failure. He has empowered us to walk in righteousness, and He has delivered us from the kingdom of darkness into His light for eternity. We need to believe these things in order to step out of the cage’s open door, though. When we find ourselves […]
Approaching Yahweh always required death. Bulls, goats, and for the poorest citizens, birds, had to be sacrificed and blood presented. The blood that Jesus presented was so perfect a sacrifice that the manner of death changed with His offering. Now, death is still required, but the resurrection is applied to each life’s offering. We are now living sacrifices. We lay […]