Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this hope—like a […]
Jesus paid the price of all of humanity’s sin-debt. That price was not the only cost of human redemption, though. Just as Jesus was sent, He has sent us – to accomplish redemption. Not to pay the price of redemption to peoples’ relationships with Yahweh, but to pay the cost of relationship with each other that helps to prove His […]
How is your work ethic? Do you do things that need to be done when they are outside everyone’s list of assignments, including your own? Do you check your work for excellence before publishing or submitting it? Do you honor your superiors, even the ones who are not nice or not honest? If you get all of that part of […]
Some people, even believers, have found no greater purpose in life than avoiding discomfort and death. If you are not yet able to declare the knowledge of your God-desired purpose, ask Him to reveal it and set you at accomplishing it. He chose you. He has set you in place on purpose, with purpose (John 15:16; 1 Corinthians 12:18). Press […]
In the 30’s and 40’s and 50’s, so many inventions were becoming possible because of advances in technologies of both materials and manufacturing that some people started to believe that they could design a “perpetual motion machine.” That concept meant that once you started the engine, whatever it was, that it would not only do some sort of work, but […]
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, […]
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 measure spiritual maturity by how quickly a person responds to a situation with an answer that is birthed in the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). The situation could be opportunity, danger, or insult. If the response doesn’t come forth under the influence of the Spirit’s character, it will be carnal and immature. The more quickly the response comes, […]
Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us approach the […]
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: […]