All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what […]
In Exodus 19, Yahweh instructed Moses to tell His new nation that He wanted them to be three things to Him. He wanted a nation of people in the earth that was completely set apart (sanctified) to Him. He wanted them to represent Him and His agendas and His character in the earth. The rest of the earth could find […]
Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other. Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them, “You have brought me this man as […]
If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And we have this command from Him: the one who loves God must also love his brother. (1 John 4:20-21 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) […]
In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God.He was with God in the beginning.All things were created through Him,and apart from Him not one thing was createdthat has been created.Life was in Him,and that life was the light of men.That light shines in the darkness,yet the darkness did not overcome it.(John 1:1-5 Holman […]
Cyrene was a city in what is now called Libya. It was home to some of Stephen’s detractors in Acts 6:7-15. It was also home to a man named Simon, who came to Jerusalem for Passover the year Jesus died (Mark 15:20-22). While he came with the simple intention of participating in the national observation of remembering being set free […]
Evangelistic preaching literally means preaching good news. Religious cultures have shifted its meaning to be that it is trying to make believers out of unbelievers. Evangelical preaching literally means preaching doctrines that are found in the four New Testament “evangels,” or the four “gospels.” It troubles me that people who call themselves “evangelicals,” which means the core doctrines that they […]
The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them. When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children in the temple complex cheering, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant. (Matthew 21:14-15 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) There are times for all of us […]
I am convinced that much of the anti-Christ attitudes and practices that are taking charge of the United States have been a storm that Yahweh has pitched against the nation to wake up His people who are hiding and asleep in the low places rather than speaking for Him in the high places of authority and influence. I am convinced […]
Remember Shammua? Probably not. How about Shaphat? No? Maybe Igal, Palti, Gaddiel, Gaddi, Ammiel, Sethur? Nahbi? Geuel? In contrast, how many people have named their children after Caleb? How about Joshua? You don’t remember those first guys because they are only famous for doubting Yahweh. Joshua and Caleb are heroes for believing Him. (See Numbers 13) Even if your name […]