Having a form of godliness…2 Timothy 3:5 The mystery of godliness is simple: our godliness is what God did for us. 1 Timothy 3:16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received […]
Hold fast to Jesus and let go of everything else. Looking back on last year, how much energy do you think you spent on issues? Things Paul calls “works of the flesh” Galatians 5:19. Remember Paul’s contrast between the flesh and the Spirit? We have ‘works of the flesh’ God has ‘fruit of the Spirit.’ Big difference! […]
Once for all…Hebrews 10:10 Hebrews 10:5 brings forward Psalm 40:6-8: Sacrifice and offering You did not desire. The purpose of these were to bring us to Jesus, Galatians 3:22-25: But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were […]
We should become heirs…Titus 3:7 Because of what Jesus did we are joint heirs with Christ, Ephesians 3:6. That is, we are of the same body, partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel. These words are repeated in Romans 8:17: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…And again in Hebrews 11:9: by faith he dwelt in […]
He was looking ahead to his reward…Hebrews 11:26 Living by faith we have Jesus as our moral compass. Modern psychology teaches that morals are in constant flux. Morals are not fixed. Morality changes as we face new experiences or gain more knowledge or attempt to cope with new hardships. In such a view, those precepts […]
Hold fast to Jesus and let go of everything else. Looking back on last year, how much energy do you think you spent on issues? Things Paul calls “works of the flesh” Galatians 5:19. Remember Paul’s contrast between the flesh and the Spirit? We have ‘works of the flesh’ God has ‘fruit of the Spirit.’ Big difference! […]
Hold fast to Him…Deuteronomy 13:4 These words Moses spoke regarding his warning about false prophets or dreamer of dreams. Verse 3: you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your […]
For I have decided…Titus 3:12 The Apostle Paul made many decisions during his mission trips. Not only Paul, but also the church leaders, Acts 15 and Acts 27. Their decisions were preceded by prayer followed by action. The Bible records many decisions made by people. Some decisions were not good. Others were great. Good decisions […]
But rather resolve this…Romans 14:13 This is the only place in the New Testament the word ‘resolve’ appears and only in the New King James Version of Romans 14:3: Let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way. The […]