Better to Know the Shepherd
The most popular or well-known Psalm is without a doubt Psalm 23: a wonderful message that lots of people like to memorize. Let me say first that I’m not trying to run down memorization, but I do want to make a very important point. To commit passages of scripture to memory is good, and Psalm […]
The Devil in Our Lives
Peter wrote, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). His warning to the saints comes just after his exhortation to them to be humble and cast all of their cares upon the Lord. Certainly the devil is our constant […]
The Hidden Word
The Word of God lives and abides in you. Peter said in his first epistle, “… having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever” (1:23). Jesus said in Matthew 6:19-20, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust […]
Five Witnesses to the Claims of Jesus #2
In our last post we examined two of five witnesses Jesus presented in John 5 that witnessed to the truth of His claims: He is deity and the long promised and expected Messiah. Those first two witnesses were the testimony of John the Baptist, and the works the Father gave His Son to do. This […]
“But if the Unbeliever Depart”
In 1 Corinthians 7:15, God wrote, “But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.” God, in His infinite wisdom, provided the scriptures for mankind written in a language perfectly suited for the message of redemption. It […]
