When the racist issue of Hellenistic Jewish widows being treated poorly compared to the Hebraic Jewish widows in Acts 6 developed, the apostles responded. They called for 7 sons from Hellenistic families to take up the responsibilities of distributing food to their widows daily. The apostles’ stated rationale was that it would be inappropriate for them to “neglect the word […]
Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me. […]
Two kings, Constantine and James 1 of England, attempting to usurp the authority of the King of Heaven over His people, brought forth the institution James named the “church.” Jesus never said anything in the Bible that mentioned what James 1 called church except some comments He made about synagogues. What Jesus did mention, over and over and over, was […]
Yahweh picked a fight with Satan over Job. Yahweh won, therefore Job also won. Who picked the fight with Jacob at Peniel? Jacob was convinced that he had been fighting Yahweh all night. If Jacob had surrendered earlier, what would have changed in the blessing he could have received? How often are we fighting with Yahweh when He wants to […]
Daniel’s three friends Mishael, Hananiah and Azariah (their demon-glorifying names were Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego) prayed for him to get revelation about the king’s dream so that they would not be killed. We need to expect such blessing, including such supernatural intervention in our lives: The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me […]
The path to the life of righteousness – of proper character and proper service to Jesus – is not found by working harder at getting things right. It is found by greater surrender of our desires, our intentions, our possessions, and our actions to the Living God. Losing our lives in surrender to Him opens our access to Life in […]
Without regard for what your flesh would like to torment you into believing, you are not alone. Although there are reasons to be sad on days, there is no excuse for staying sad. What happens to you is never as important as your response. People who bump through life in defeat and despair are not likely responding to their past […]
Isaiah wrote that our God’s government would never stop increasing (Isaiah 9:6-7). Jesus appeared in the Earth to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to it and to pay the blood price to take a harvest from it back to Heaven. If His government never stops increasing, and if His government is what His miracles were about, it seems that we […]
People we don’t really love offend us. People we really love hurt us. Both of these responses must come to be surrendered to the power of the cross. Jesus was paying for our offenses and our harm of Him when He took the position of Priest and Sacrifice on the cross. When we take up our crosses, we become worthy […]
Recently, Venus has been the brightest thing in the sky after the sun and the moon. The sun is so much brighter though, that when it rises, Venus becomes invisible. The brightness of the sun causes other lights to be like shadows. Loving Jesus will eclipse other objects of my love. The contrast is as if my love for other […]