Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, “Oh no, Lord! This will never happen to You!” But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.” (Matthew 16:22-23 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) How can we tell the difference between God’s interests, […]
But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture: The stone that the builders rejected— this has become the cornerstone? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!” (Luke 20:17-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) What brokenness does He […]
In the parable of the two sons, the son who stayed home, thinking that he was playing the game properly and by the rules, was as silly as the one who left home and wasted his portion of the estate in lavish and insanely generous (“prodigal”) lifestyle. The homebound brother complained when his father killed the best animal on the […]
I will show you what someone is like who comes to Me, hears My words, and acts on them: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built. (Luke 6:47-49 Holman Christian […]
Jesus said to His followers, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will speak to this mountain, and tell it to move from here to there, and it will move.” (Matthew 17:20). However, if I have that kind of power, but do not have the fruit of the Spirit of agape, love, I am a zero: […]
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman. But the one by the slave was born according to the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of […]
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?” He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a […]
The progressive steps in our relationship with the Kingdom of Heaven begin with being able to see it. As Jesus told Nicodemus, one must be reborn to see it (John 3:3). Next, we begin to respond to the instructions we receive from the Lord, both in the Scriptures and by His Spirit. This is how we enter the Kingdom. Get […]
Who is the person who fears the Lord? He will show him the way he should choose. He will live a good life, and his descendants will inherit the land. The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He reveals His covenant to them. My eyes are always on the Lord, for He will pull […]
I don’t believe Jonah loved the citizens of Nineveh. My interpretation of his story is that he refused to warn them of Yahweh’s announcement of judging them. When he repented and finally went to preach to them, he simply condemned them. When they repented and Yahweh relented, he was annoyed that his prophetic word about their destruction hadn’t come to […]