The Savior Himself came humbly to the earth in order to direct all glory towards His heavenly Father. He was not teaching that acts of kindness were meant to be “top secret” but that they should spontaneously spring from love for God and genuine concern for those who are downcast, that they might lift their gaze heavenward.
Read MoreHow is it even possible in the lowest of times to maintain concern for others above self?
Read MoreThe Apostolic Church understood and taught that becoming a follower of Jesus meant a willingness to let go of one’s own interests in favor of the interests of God. True happiness and real joy is found only in living for Christ, that His inheritance may increase.
Read MoreThe most urgent need in the world—by far!—is consecrated effort for the salvation of souls. Jesus desires, by the power of His Holy Spirit, to so strengthen His followers that through them the world would be embraced with an atmosphere of grace.
Read MorePhysical resurrection is a surety for those who have died in Christ. But in the here-and-now I must ask myself: am I experiencing the spiritual resurrection from my old life of sin that He came to provide?
Read MoreBeloved, each of us who profess Christ is called to be a Repairer of the Breach (Isaiah 58:12). The breaches in Biblical doctrines matter because what you believe about these things is central to what you believe about the identity and character of God.
Read MoreSoon, an irrevocable decision will be pronounced upon the world, but the world will not know it. This end-time period parallels the seven days between the closing of the door of the ark by the hand of God and the coming of the great flood.
Read MorePaul must have understood that a door opened today may not necessarily still be open tomorrow. There is a readiness for sharing the Good News that is a foundational principle of kingdom building.
Read MoreHe—who came to heal and make whole His beloved people—kept His wounds.
Read MoreJesus saw Thomas, not as a cynical doubter, but as a thoughtful man with sincere questions. Wouldn’t that be a better way to view those around me who may not see Jesus as I see Him?
Read MoreA long gaze straight into the compassionate eyes of Jesus will bring a very significant principle to the forefront: He saw each individual as a potential citizen of heaven.
Read MoreThe beauty and majesty of nature help our minds conceptualize something of the beauty, majesty, and power of Almighty God Himself. This may be so, yet the divine plan of salvation is laid out in His word.
Read MoreThis cleansing of the sanctuary is an object lesson to show us God’s determination to remember no more (Hebrews 8:12) the sins committed against Him. His plan is to blot out all sin from His remembrance.
Read MoreGrudge-holding is a character trait that our enemy the devil projects upon God, hoping that we will buy in to this false notion. But God, in a love and purity as yet indiscernible to our mundane and sin-damaged minds, planned ahead of time to provide for the forgiveness He knew I would need…
Read MoreIt is the Lord’s will to clothe you with rich robes. As you step forward in faith, He will meet you. Satan wants to make a display of your failures, but the Lord wants to make you a display of His grace!
Read MoreWhenever a committed follower of Jesus Christ is in the moment of a crucial decision, his conscience should invariably direct him to God’s perfect law. Recognition of His standard means holding it above the endless list of counterfeit standards being propagated in the world.
Read MoreBefore the governor, with the religious leaders listening, Paul highlighted something very important that he had in common with the Pharisees: a belief in the doctrine of resurrection.
Read MoreToday’s ever-strengthening bond between church and state has been forging for decades, and all for the “greater good” of world peace and saving the planet. Mainstream Christendom and leading governments of the world are devising the One World plan.
Read MoreJesus knew that the fallen Medieval church would claim ownership of the key to salvation. His word contains door and key metaphors to strengthen our defenses against the adversary’s counterfeits.
Read MoreEach new kingdom saw itself as an improvement over the one before, but in actuality, each successive kingdom became more brutal and less refined.
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