Jesus said (NIV) Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any […]
God”™s law was given through Moses in the wilderness of Sinai to the people of Israel, preparing them to become a unique nation in the world. (Israel is the only nation which was “˜disbanded”™ then brought back to be a nation. The miracle of Israel is with us today.) One of the laws was: (NASB) […]
Prayer to the living God focuses on Him and our need: “GIVE EAR to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning. 2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray. 3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I […]
Jesus warned His followers to watch out and not be deceived by people or events. He told them there would be definite signs which can be seen concerning the “˜end of the age”™. (See Matthew 24:6-14) Earthquakes, famines, wars, persecutions of Christian believers, increased wickedness, and with the technological advances today, the Good News of […]
The dictionary defines “˜glorify”™ as: to give glory, to exalt (God) as in worship; to honor, to extol. And “˜glory”™ is defined as: great honor or fame, adoration, great splendor”¦ Jesus used glorify and glorified several times as He was explaining to His eleven disciples what would shortly happen”¦no more waiting for God”™s timing, His […]
Jesus proclaimed, “I am the light of the world.” He has come to dispel the darkness of sin. Have you noticed the places where people do things that are underhanded or against the laws of people or against the laws of God often are dark and have very little light? Darkness is a way to […]
Math uses various symbols. This symbol > is used to show the relationship of two numbers with the greater number displayed in the open end. God is greater than (>) anything that can happen to you. God is greater than your sins. How are some of the ways which God gives us to repent, to […]
No matter what your circumstances are, God is available: “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the […]
Jesus spent some hours with His disciples around a Passover meal before He was arrested. Matthew tells us about the time Jesus revealed to His disciples that He would be betrayed. Every disciple, even Judas Iscariot, said “Surely, not I Lord?” What is one of the lessons I learned from this Scripture passage? Jesus never […]
Jesus was talking with His twelve disciples in an upper room as they ate the Passover meal. He had talked about how anyone who received Him has also received God the Father. For God the Father had sent Him into the world to save the world from their sins. The condition: each person must receive […]