“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as … Continue reading Call It Murder
Christian Devotional
My times with the Lord in His Word
Deeds Done in Secret
Isaiah 29:15-16 ESV “Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,whose deeds are in the dark,and who say, ‘Who sees us? Who knows us?’You turn things upside down!Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,that the thing made should say of its maker,‘He did not make me’;or the thing formed say of him … Continue reading Deeds Done in Secret
A Jezebel Influence
Tolerating that Woman Jezebel “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. “’I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed … Continue reading A Jezebel Influence
They Were Not United by Faith
“Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.” … Continue reading They Were Not United by Faith
Subtle Lies?
I read a meme on social media that had me concerned that it might be giving out a subtle false message. It was quoting a passage of Scripture, but the translation was not identified, so I don’t know the source. But then I read the passage of Scripture in the ESV, so I am going … Continue reading Subtle Lies?
Manipulative Tactics
“Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.” (Galatians 2:4-5 … Continue reading Manipulative Tactics
Caught in a Web of Deceit?
“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 than lovers of God, … Continue reading Caught in a Web of Deceit?
Holy and Acceptable to God
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will … Continue reading Holy and Acceptable to God
To Deliver His People
Originally written on June 6, 2020 during the global pandemic. If we read the book of Habakkuk, we can see how it relates to what is going on in our world today, and to what God is doing right now, in our day and time, too, in order to bring his adulterous ones back into … Continue reading To Deliver His People
His Soul is Puffed Up
“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,but the righteous shall live by his faith. “Moreover, wine is a traitor,an arrogant man who is never at rest.His greed is as wide as Sheol;like death he has never enough.He gathers for himself all nationsand collects as his own all peoples.” Shall not … Continue reading His Soul is Puffed Up