The human heart from faith departs,The flesh of man, it kicks the can,It dwells in cannots, all things failed,A change in life course, it has bailed. The heart of man, it feeds the flesh,It leaves the person in a mess,And few are those who will confess,Results of sin they’ll not address. For many live in … Continue reading The Human Heart
Month: November 2023
Love, Not Murder Your Enemies
“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, … Continue reading Love, Not Murder Your Enemies
No One Born of God
“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, … Continue reading No One Born of God
Are We His True Children?
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but … Continue reading Are We His True Children?
In Opposition to Christ
“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But … Continue reading In Opposition to Christ
Lovers of the Flesh or of God?
“Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because … Continue reading Lovers of the Flesh or of God?
If We Keep His Commandments
“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by … Continue reading If We Keep His Commandments
But if We Walk in the Light
This was written by the apostle John who was giving testimony to Jesus Christ and to the gospel of our salvation “so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3 ESV). So, not everyone in the hearing of … Continue reading But if We Walk in the Light
In Our Own Defense
Summary Acts 20-26 The apostle Paul was being opposed by his own people, the Jews, who were plotting evil against him. And at one point he gave a defense of his ministry to the elders in Ephesus. Later on, when he was in Jerusalem, the Jews stirred up a crowd of people against Paul, and … Continue reading In Our Own Defense
Walking in Holy Conduct and Godliness
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. “Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people … Continue reading Walking in Holy Conduct and Godliness