When Jesus went through His trials, suffering beatings and scourging and ridicule, then being nailed on that cross – those participating and watching actually thought He was being punished by God for His sins.  This was foretold by Isaiah. (NASB) Isaiah 53:4b “…Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.” What about […]

It’s Monday, the beginning of a new workweek…what shall you do with it? How did you begin this day? With reading the news on the internet, perhaps reading the newspaper, or playing computer games, or checking the stock market or did you turn the pages of your Bible and seek God? Who do you think […]

(NASB) Isaiah 12:1-2 “…I will give thanks to You, O LORD; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me. 2 ‘Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

(NASB) Matthew 8:16-17 “When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.” In some way these […]

Who are the people who attract you?  Are they ones who have a good reputation, who are friendly toward you, who like you?  What people ‘turn off’ your desire to know them better?  Perhaps it is body odor, coarse language, a physical disability or an arrogant attitude. As Jesus was on that route to Golgotha, […]

What do you believe about the message of the LORD Jesus Christ?  His ministry proclaimed His message as He went to the cross, died and was buried and then resurrected from the grave of death.  That message is ‘salvation’. Hundreds of years before the above events in Jerusalem, Isaiah asked some serious and thought-provoking questions: […]

People take it upon themselves to obtain God’s favor and His benevolence.  They strive and work and use many kinds of efforts to gain God’s grace.  My friend, it can’t be done. God tells us about His grace and how anyone can ‘get it’. (Amplified) Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited […]