Are You a Person of Discernment?

Proverbs 17:10,24 NIV 10 A rebuke impresses a discerning personmore than a hundred lashes a fool.24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth. If you are a person of discernment, you are someone who is characterized as a person who is able to perceive, to … Continue reading Are You a Person of Discernment?

Lying Lips and Rebellion Against God

Proverbs 17 Select Verses NIV 4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—how much worse lying lips to a ruler!11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;the messenger of death will be sent against them.23 The wicked accept bribes in secretto pervert … Continue reading Lying Lips and Rebellion Against God

Keep Yourselves From Idols

“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21 NIV) What is an idol? It isn’t just a carving made out of wood or stone, made to look like some kind of god which then people bow down to and worship. An idol is anything that, or anyone who we worship, that we bow down … Continue reading Keep Yourselves From Idols

The Sin Which Leads to Death

“If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. All … Continue reading The Sin Which Leads to Death

Jesus is The Christ

“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And … Continue reading Jesus is The Christ

A Righteousness By Faith

“What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were … Continue reading A Righteousness By Faith

God’s Word Has Not Failed

“I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the … Continue reading God’s Word Has Not Failed

Who is God For?

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is … Continue reading Who is God For?