(NASB) Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.” The unchanging, permanent love of God is for all who turn to Him by faith and believe that […]
Through the years, many believers in the living God have suffered discomfort, persecution, joblessness, homelessness and being considered worthless. (NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 37-38 “who by faith…” 37 “…they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill treated 38 (men of whom the world was not worthy)…” The world sees many believers in […]
(NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 37 “who by faith…” 37 “…they were put to death by the sword…” God’s people have died because of their faith in the living God of the Holy Bible. God’s people will die because their faith is in the living God. God’s people do die, not because of being persecuted for their […]
REMEMBER: temptation is never sin! Being tempted is not sinning. Jesus was tempted; yet, He never sinned! (NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 37 “who by faith…” 37 “…they were tempted…” Anyone who follows Jesus Christ will be tempted to turn from worshiping the living God and obeying His words. We have the example Jesus gave us […]
(NASB) Hebrews11:33, 37 “who by faith…” 37 “They were stoned…” Zechariah, son of Jehoiada was stoned to death by the orders of King Joash. The life of Jehoiada the priest The king was counseled by Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, from the time Joash became king at the age of seven. Jehoiada and the king restored the […]
(NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 37 “who by faith…” 37 “They were stoned…” Naboth was a man who owned a vineyard that King Ahab wanted for his own. Naboth refused to give the king the land, it was his inheritance and by Jewish law it was to be kept in his family. King Ahab pouted and […]
God’s people were treated harshly and with intolerance in the history of the Old and the New Testament. God’s people are being treated unfairly and with intolerance today. False accusations, beatings, chained, imprisoned – what was experienced by men in the past is being experienced by men and women today. (NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 36 […]
(NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 35 “who by faith…” 35 “…and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;” The unnamed, these unknown men and women are heroes of faith. Today, there are many such heroes. Men and women who refuse to deny their faith on pain of suffering […]
Resurrection – we cannot come to life after dying by our own efforts. Resurrection comes only by God’s power. Restoration – replace death with life; restoring the old with the new. There are instances in the Old Testament and the New Testament of resurrection for individuals from death. Does that mean they never died? No, […]
(NASB) Hebrews 11:33, 34 “who by faith…” 34 “…from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.” You are no different from men and women named in the Bible. They were weak and made strong by their faith in the living God. They became mighty in war and put […]