Let Us Run With Endurance

Today I was reading in Hebrews 11, which is regarded as the “faith chapter of the Bible,” for it lists numerous people of faith from the Old Testament and the things that they did and how they lived in loving response to God, by faith in God. They obeyed God. They did what was pleasing … Continue reading Let Us Run With Endurance

Faith in Christ in Action

I am reading in Hebrews 11 in the NASB1995 translation: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.” (vv. 1-2) “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He … Continue reading Faith in Christ in Action

A Better Sacrifice

“By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.” (Hebrews 11:4 NASB1995) When I read this in Hebrews 11 about Cain and Abel, I knew I had to … Continue reading A Better Sacrifice

Out With the Old, In With the New

“Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity. He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he … Continue reading Out With the Old, In With the New

Lay Aside the Old Self

“So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, … Continue reading Lay Aside the Old Self

For The Work of Service

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of … Continue reading For The Work of Service

Those Who Rebel Against The Light

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;They do not want to know its waysNor abide in its paths.The murderer arises at dawn;He kills the poor and the needy,And at night he is as a thief.The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’And he disguises his face.In … Continue reading Those Who Rebel Against The Light

Is He Not There?

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.But He knows the way I take;When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.My foot has held fast to His path;I … Continue reading Is He Not There?