The Kingdom of Heaven is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17). Righteousness is the condition of being so properly aligned with the King that I think rightly and act rightly. There is a righteousness that could come through the laws Yahweh gave to Moses for Israel, but no one has achieved righteousness by that method (Galatians […]
The future of a city or a nation is not based on the filthiness of its sinful citizens, but on the faithfulness of its citizens who are sons and daughters of Yahweh. The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous […]
Neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party have as their agendas the process and structure of an honest, generous governance of the United States. Some individuals in each party probably do, but the two-party structure that operates as our government exists with the twin goals of control and profit. When “Obamacare” was legislated into existence, the greatest number of […]
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:56-58 Holman Christian Standard […]
One of the most powerful hindrances to our ability to hear the Spirit speaking to us and to our strength to thereafter obey what He says is our religious heritage. We are programmed to believe certain religious practices and objects and designs have spiritual value. Some of what we value is actually very costly liability. We are taught by our […]
The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!” […]
One day, Jesus took His disciples North of the land Jews felt comfortable in, to Caesarea Philippi. There, still today, is a cliff with a pool of spring water before it called “the rock of the gods.” On the day Jesus led the field trip, the water was flowing from a cave, and was called a “gate of Hades.” Such […]
If my tire goes flat today, it would be silly to get mad at the tire. It would be wise to remove the tire, repair the tire, and put the repaired tire back on. If the Holy Spirit reveals to me that you have sinned, it would be silly to get mad at you. It would be wise to ask […]
In the Old Testament of the Book, angels are called “sons of God,” and humans are called “servants of God.” In the New Testament, angels are called “servants of God,” and believing humans are called “sons of God.” There are other shifts in angels’ relationships, with God and with us, that have and are and must yet take place. We […]
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in […]