Psalms 43:1-2 ESV “Vindicate me, O God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly people,from the deceitful and unjust mandeliver me!For you are the God in whom I take refuge;why have you rejected me?Why do I go about mourningbecause of the oppression of the enemy?” Do you ever get discouraged or disheartened when you see all … Continue reading An Ungodly People
Year: 2023
Window Dressing
Window dressing, now impressing,Artful, skillful, and misleading,Superficial presentations,On this many now are feeding. Scheming, dreaming, eyes are beaming,Cunning, crafty, they are teaming,Skillful in their craft, deceiving,Many now in them believing. Fewer, fewer truth receiving,Less and less in Christ believing,Fewer, less, their sins are grieving,More and more they are deceiving. Fewer still the Lord obeying,And the … Continue reading Window Dressing
Reverent in Behavior
Video Talk Titus 2:3-5 ESV “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that … Continue reading Reverent in Behavior
Things that Belong to Salvation
Hebrews 6:9-12 ESV “Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. And we … Continue reading Things that Belong to Salvation
Those Who Lay Hidden Traps
Psalms 140:1-3 ESV “Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;preserve me from violent men,who plan evil things in their heartand stir up wars continually.They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's,and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah” Who are these “evil men” today in our present world, and/or in America, and/or in … Continue reading Those Who Lay Hidden Traps
They Turn From the Truth
2 Timothy 4:1-2 ESV “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.” What this teaches … Continue reading They Turn From the Truth
Continue in Obedient Faith in Christ
2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather … Continue reading Continue in Obedient Faith in Christ
Irreverent Babble
2 Timothy 2:15-19 ESV “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus … Continue reading Irreverent Babble
For Which I am Suffering
2 Timothy 1:15; 2 Timothy 2:3,8-10 ESV “You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.” “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I … Continue reading For Which I am Suffering
The Pattern of Sound Words
Video Talk 2 Timothy 1:8-14 ESV “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose … Continue reading The Pattern of Sound Words
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