God’s wrath is necessary because wrath is an attribute of His, that due to His Holy, Sanctified hatred for sin, must judge those who practice it. By His very nature He cannot tolerate evil. He hates it! It cannot be in His presence – (Habakkuk 1:13a) (Psalm 5:1-6) (Psalm 11:5) (1 John 1:5). God would not be God if He did not punish evil. Note this “God’s wrath is the beginning of the gospel”Without the reality of God’s wrath coming upon sinful men there is no gospel (good news). (Romans …
(1 Corinthians 12:12)…..For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. What a powerful verse! But it is never experienced by those who are not believers in Jesus Christ. I am reminded of what (Ephesians 2:11–12) says….Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands, that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the …
The reason the Bible speaks of people being “thrown” into hell is that no one will willingly go there, once they see what it really is. They have chosen sin. They have wanted sin. They do not want the punishment. When they come to the shore of this fiery lake, they must be thrown in. When someone says that no one is in hell who doesn’t want to be there, they give the false impression that hell is within the limits of what humans can tolerate. It inevitably gives the impression …
(John 3:16)…..For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Those who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ will not perish but will have everlasting life. Why?
Because of the main verb in our verse, God “GAVE” His Son. God gave His Son for the purpose (Greek: hina) that every one who believes should not perish, but that every one who believes should have everlasting life.
As mentioned in yesterdays devotion, (John 3:16) actually speaks of …
(John 3:16)….For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
GOD SO LOVED – When asked, “What is the greatest word used in (John 3:16)?” My answer is always the word “so. But why you might ask. “The word “so” often denotes intensity. For instance, a man may say to his wife, “I love you sooooo much,” as he wishes to express the measure and depth of his love. Though this is a popular understanding of …
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8)…..Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails……..
The principles of these verses are enough to cause a revival in most churches. Certainly, if lived out in every Christian it would ignite a fire …
Only God can answer this question. Fortunately, we have a book available where we can find out what God thinks: the Bible. What a wonderful thought that is! We can read and know what GOD thinks! Don’t let yourself be robbed of this great privilege by being too busy. I hope your plan for today is to spend some quality time in His word with Him.
The Bible tells us that as a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. Another way …
I don’t know why it is, but there are many professing Christians who don’t trust the words of the Bible. Maybe that is because they have trusted men or women and that trust was violated, so their anti-trust is transferred to God. When we read in (2 Chronicles 16:7-9)…..At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of …
(Matthew 13:24-43)…..Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An …
God is holy! Because God is holy, we are required to be holy as well, (1 Peter 1:15-16)…..but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” God wants us to be a people that He can possess (1 Peter 2:9). He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing so that we can be holy (Ephesians 1:4). After all, Jesus Himself is holy. As our High Priest, His holiness has been established …
