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Present and Accounted For
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. John 5:39, 40. How do we begin to understand? Yesterday in church we were all there when two young men were baptized and I…
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Let God Guide You Forward
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not…
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How Great Is Our God Most High
Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16. You asked, “Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?” Surely I spoke of things…
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The Peace of God’s Steadfast Love
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:30-32. Cast all your care upon…
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Through the Eyes of God’s Love
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:103-105. We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that…
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The Lord Is Our Hope and Strength
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:9. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14. David lamented in Psalm 12 all that was…
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God’s Love Is Our Safe Place
We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s…