When Moses left the presence of Yahweh by leaving the tent of meeting, he terrorized people he encountered by glowing. It became such a problem that he started putting a veil over his face so they couldn’t see the glow. Moses met with his God face to face in the tent. When we meet with Him, our hope of glory […]
Paul, while lamenting about his unconverted behavior in Romans 7, stated twice, “It is no longer I who do it…” speaking of sin. He was swamped with sin, but he wasn’t sinning. John stated that “If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” and walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. But if we walk […]
He answered them, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.” Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What is this you’ve done?” For the men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence, because he had told them. So they said to him, […]
If the Spirit of God shows me that someone I know has done something harmful to others or morally wrong, I become responsible for that knowledge. What I do with the knowledge will govern future revelation the Spirit trusts me with. If my response to the sin is to spread the knowledge of it, I will be like Noah’s son […]
I have come to believe that the hardest working people in the earth are those who have rights and those who have jealousy. When I live in a place where I must judge every event based on whether I have been defrauded or misjudged or offended, I will never find an end to the work I must perform to achieve […]
We all do stupid things by accident. Ideas float in and out of our minds constantly. Our environments attempt to provoke us with events and pictures and words and fears, hoping we will let them master us constantly. When we wake up to that bad influence, though, and find ourselves floating downstream with bad ideas, we can get out of […]
I have both killed and allowed death to take many plants. Some, I killed on purpose, like devil’s walking cane or volunteer wild cherry trees. Others, I gave too much water or not enough. Some, I left out in the cold, others I left out in the heat. Too much fertilizer, no fertilizer, etc… If I take care of a […]
I think that Jesus places more value on love than on obedience or faith. • I can only love Him after I have experienced His love: anything good in my life is a response to something that came from Him. • If I love Him, I will take pleasure in first learning what He wants of me, then obeying Him. […]
Unless the criticism you receive is for being lazy, being criticized is likely to be a good thing. People who don’t do anything of significance usually don’t take much flak. But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed, but set apart the Messiah as Lord in your hearts, […]
One of the greatest weaknesses of the institution we call the church is that it compels us to a greater allegiance to its doctrines than to its Head. More time is spent in some circles teaching adherents how to defend themselves from Baptists and Methodists and Pentecostals and Roman Catholics than is spent teaching how to become more profitable servants […]