Are we to believe that God has placed it within our power to hasten the return of Jesus? Indeed we are!
Read MoreHumble obedience to the revealed will of God is an essential component of true worship and has the potential to lead others toward true worship of the living GOD.
Read MoreWhen opposing doctrines are presented as Christian teaching, it is obvious they cannot both be correct. Therefore, it is vital to clarify! Playing the “ostrich” is not a defense for failing to distinguish between truth and error. Truth may hurt, but error can kill!
Read MoreMany of God’s people will answer the call to come out of Babylon before the fall of the final seven plagues. But the majority will refuse. As the plagues are falling, they will realize too late that Babylon cannot deliver what she had promised.
Read MoreNot only did the people repeatedly refuse the invitations to come into the ark, but their lack of repentance produced iniquity of such enormity that their minds were rendered incapable of discerning the gravity of their own situation.
Read MoreNeutrality and compromise are the tools of that old serpent, a subtle ploy to lead people away from God. It always seems harmless at first. The deceiver even makes it appear beneficial.
Read MoreThese are exciting times, filled with challenges to our faith. Our enemy is out to trip us up, but even this is subject to the sovereignty of God. He allows our faith to be tested and at the same time generously provides for the spiritual safety of every heart that is inclined towards Him.
Read MoreThe Word of God originates in the mind of God. Therein lies the source of the exquisite, indescribably wonderful nature of the Scriptures.
Read MoreThe lessons of the past, if not learned, will be repeated. It is God’s intention for His people to visit and revisit what many disrespectfully consider “the old waste places” in Scripture.
Read MoreIf you are a child of God and you are suffering, know that nothing has been allowed in your life that has not been filtered by Him. We are speeding toward the close of time and the ravages of sin and Satan; his time is short!
Read MoreIt is interesting that most of the confrontations between the religious leaders and the Savior were over Sabbath-keeping. Jesus was repeatedly accused of breaking the Sabbath. In actuality, He was demonstrating true Sabbath-keeping.
Read MoreA vital part of my sanctification is learning to make distinctions between good and healthy traditions/habits and those that contradict Scripture. It is a matter of placing myself under the authority of Jesus.
Read MoreEnd-time Babylon the Great is dressed in the sanctuary colors of purple representing royalty and scarlet symbolizing sacrifice, but the color of loyalty and obedience, blue, is conspicuously absent.
Read MoreGod’s heavenly government is set before us that we will learn now how to live according to His standard in eternity. If we are to become citizens under His divine rule, then we must allow His Word to take hold of us even as we take hold of it.
Read MoreThis remarkable story from the early church’s history illustrates a solid method of truly helping those who suffer from depression and anxiety. The problems and fears that precipitate an unhealthy mental, emotional, and/or spiritual state become disproportionately enormous in the minds of those who lack facts.
Read MoreAs professed followers of Jesus, we must learn to filter what is happening around us through the lens of God’s word. Many forms of entertainment that are widely accepted among church-goers could be readily identified as not of [God’s] Spirit, yet they are no longer even questioned.
Read MoreJesus seldom acknowledges the small-minded, selfish tendencies of our fallen nature. Instead, He challenges them as He speaks of the aspects of living eternally in the kingdom of His heavenly Father.
Read MoreSatan has successfully saturated our world with materialism while working to keep our minds occupied with anything and everything to distract from God’s kingdom-building Word. It is evident that we are entertained by sin.
Read MoreThis graphically dramatic rebuke was accompanied by His encouraging counsel and a reminder of His love which is reaches out to even the vilest sinner.
Read MoreIt is never wrong to go straight to the Lord with your problem. In fact, it is the only way to gain answers for yourself and to rightly steer others. Give it to Him and allow Him to have the say in what to do next.
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