(John 16:12-13)….. “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His …
(Romans 2:17-29)…..17 Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18 and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? …
(Hebrews 8:13)…..In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. The part of the Bible we call the Old Testament is not exactly the same as the Old Covenant, nor is the part of the Bible we call the New Testament exactly the same as the New Covenant. The Old Covenant was an agreement between God and the children of Israel. We have the record of it in the Old Testament. The New …
(Philippians 4:4)….Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! At least five times the Bible tells the people of God to rejoice in the Lord. We may not be not find ourselves wanting to do so, because of something going on in our life at the time. We may not even want to rejoice because we change all the time (Meaning we change due to the emotions we are experiencing moment to moment). But the Lord is different! God is dependable! God is faithful. God is honest. God …
(Matthew 25:1-13)…..“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ …
No matter how dark the times, or just how wicked our nation becomes, we can rest with assurance that Jesus Christ, the Righteous King, still reigns as Lord and Ruler over all the earth (Matthew 28:18) (Colossians 1:15-18). His Righteousness and His justice will be made known to all God’s creation, (Philippians 2:5-11).
Notice, David’s question, “Why do the heathen rage (ban together), and the people plot (plan) a vain thing?” The heathen are the unbelieving, those who reject the living God, who reject His Word, who will …
One of the greatest events of history (if not the greatest) is the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the grave. When the two women called Mary came to the tomb on the morning after Christ rose, they were greeted by an angel of the Lord with these words,“ (Matthew 28:6-7)…..He is not here; for He is risen as He said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed …
“What caused the Reformation?” Many people might point to Martin Luther and his 95 Theses as the cause. But if you were to ask Luther himself, he would refuse to take any credit. Instead, he would put the focus entirely on God and His Word. Near the end of his life, Luther declared, “All I have done is put forth, preach, and write the Word of God, and apart from this I have done nothing….It is the Word that has done great things.…I have done nothing; the Word has done …
Just recently I preached on the genuine faith that was declared to be in Timothy by Paul’s testimony (2 Timothy 1:5). Still thinking about what genuine faith would look like in the life of a true Christian, I thought I would share a little more on the topic. So, let me start by saying authentic faith is the confident assurance in events not yet seen (Hebrews 11:1). Faith is not a call to believe in things when common sense tells you not to. Faith is not a mindless …
Faith is an amazing thing that the Lord has created. I am amazed of it’s biblical definition and it’s importance with God (Hebrews 11:1) (Hebrews 11:6). So when it comes to reading about faith in the life of a saint, or watching it lived out in the presence of others, I stand in awe of the Lord’s work in them. To recognize one’s faith is a big deal, especially if that person’s faith is recorded forever in God’s Scripture. Just think of how Timothy’s faith was for Paul to …
