Every spiritual blessing…Ephesians 1:3 Too many people are trying to sell us another new thing. Some improved thing we need. Their sales pitch is “you deserve this…” Do not buy into their lie. The Bible says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing […]
From one Sabbath to another…Isaiah 66:23 One sure hope is our future. We look past all today’s pain and pandemonium to the new heavens and the new earth, Isaiah 66:22. “For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord, “so shall your descendants and your […]
Patient in spirit is better…Ecclesiastes 7:8 Wisdom says: The end of a thing is better than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:8-9. This statement makes more sense when we include […]
Before honor is humility…Proverbs 18:12 Wisdom says: Before destruction of the heart of a man is haughty and before honor is humility. Wisdom which appears in Proverbs 16:18: Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is as though pride casts a shadow and we too often walk in it; a destructive darkness. Proverbs […]
Simon called the Zealot…Luke 6:15 Simon the Zealot was one of the apostles. He traveled with Jesus and after His ascension he was in the upper room in Jerusalem, Acts 1:13. The Zealots can be traced back to the Maccabees. From that time there existed among the Jews a group of men called Zealots. They […]
According to the power of an endless life…Hebrews 7:16 Jesus is our high priest according to the order of Melchizedek, Hebrews 7:17. This is the new covenant. Verse 18: For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the law made nothing perfect; on the […]
Might serve Him without fear…Luke 1:74 Zacharias was struck mute just after being told by Gabriel that he and his wife Elizabeth would bear a son and call him John. Zacharias doubted, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”Gabriel answered, “behold, you will be mute […]
They sought to kill Him…John 5:18 They sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal to God, John 5:18. Verses 19 thru 23 records Jesus’ reply to their accusation. Jesus ignores the charge of breaking the Sabbath concentrating on who […]
Perfected forever…Hebrews 10:14 Jesus, by His ultimate sacrifice, did everything necessary according to the law to reconcile us to God. More than reconcile us; He justified us; He sanctified us. We are as close to God as we can be. For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very […]
Were there not ten cleansed? Luke 17:17 While traveling in Samaria, Jesus met ten lepers, who stood far off. Which is what they were expected to do. Lepers were outcasts. They were unclean. Anyone they touched would become unclean. The law of Moses had laws regarding the treatment of lepers. The laws were strict. The […]