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2 Timothy 3:1-5 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than … [Read more…]
The Lord Is Our Shield (v 3) Consider the arrows and spears of David’s time The fiery darts of Satan we endure Ephesians 6:16 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. God’s people have always been targets of enemies What people … [Read more…]
John 5:36-40 36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard … [Read more…]
One of the next challenges of our faith is to learn how to keep our humbleness in balance with what we do not understand. Matthew 23:12 – And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Why is humbleness important? (Defined as having or showing a modest … [Read more…]
Genesis 32 is the pivotal chapter so far as Jacob’s life is concerned. He is a vastly different man here from the person we have come to know in previous chapters. The preoccupation which obsesses Jacob is the necessity of facing his brother Esau, from whom he has deceptively obtained the birthright and the blessing of … [Read more…]
Overflow: the excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by an available space. Philippians 1:9-11 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of … [Read more…]
Proverbs 3:5 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. If we only live to please our mind we only live by our flesh and what will appeal to the senses. If we are only pleased by our senses then we are very likely to accept what we see and … [Read more…]
Good Friday is the completion of Jesus Christ’s sin-cleansing and life-saving empathy that brings eternal life to all who put their confidence in him. On Good Friday the Son of God who always loves everyone is betrayed by Judas, falsely accused and condemned by the religious leaders and Pilate, scourged almost to death, abandoned by his disciples, mocked by … [Read more…]
I have been forced to reconsider the relationship between divine judgment and divine blessing. I have always thought of them as opposites that have no relationship. I like to think of judgment as something that has little to do with me and much to do with my enemies. I like to think of God’s blessings … [Read more…]
Matthew 13:24-30 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. In the agricultural society of Christ’s time, many farmers depended on the … [Read more…]