Works: Good or Bad? Revelation 2:2-3 ESV “I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my … Continue reading Is Jesus our First Love?
If You Hear His Voice
Psalms 95:6-7 ESV “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.” What does it mean to worship God? Some people believe they are worshiping God when they attend … Continue reading If You Hear His Voice
One People, One God, One Spirit
Old and New Covenants Under the Old Covenant God had with his people, the Jews were God’s chosen people. They were his people by physical birth. They were the children of God. Now, not all of them believed in God, though, so not all of them entered into God’s eternal rest. Many were cut off … Continue reading One People, One God, One Spirit
Because of the Great Love of God
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that … Continue reading Because of the Great Love of God
“Once” means Past not Present
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out … Continue reading “Once” means Past not Present
Discerning Good and Evil
Walking in the Truth 3 John 1:1-4 ESV “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I … Continue reading Discerning Good and Evil
Who Has Mesmerized You?
Galatians 3:1-9 ESV “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you … Continue reading Who Has Mesmerized You?
They are Utterly Estranged
Isaiah 1:2-3 ESV “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: ‘Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand’.” I live in the USA, … Continue reading They are Utterly Estranged
We also Will Live Because of Him
The Bread of Life (John 6) Jesus had just fed a crowd of five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish, and there were even leftovers after everyone had had their fill. The next day the crowds went looking for Jesus. When they saw Jesus they said to him, “Rabbi, when did … Continue reading We also Will Live Because of Him
We are His Workmanship
All Our Works Isaiah 26:12 ESV “O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works.” God the Father sent Jesus Christ (God the Son) to the earth to live from birth to manhood, to minister to the physically and spiritually sick and hungry, to heal the … Continue reading We are His Workmanship
Run With It 