God is patient, over and over. He was patient with the sons of Israel when they grumbled and complained after leaving Egyptian slavery. They did not trust God. They were thirsty! They complained, loudly, to Moses. What did Moses do? He turned to the LORD in prayer: paraphrased – What am I to do with […]
There is a difference between escaping and being delivered. Yet that is exactly what happened to the sons of Israel, slaves in Egypt. They escaped by leaving when God said, Go! They were delivered by God’s hand through 10 plagues and then the pursuit of the Egyptians through the wilderness to the Red Sea. Exodus […]
God’s “precious and magnificent promises” are granted to those who know Jesus as their Savior and Lord. We are to use God’s words with all diligence. Living our faith ~ we are to use moral excellence and in our moral excellence we are to use knowledge. From knowledge we are to exercise self-control. From […]
Stephen was reviewing the history of the God of glory in Israel. He began with the patriarch, Abraham, whom God called. (NASB) Acts 7:2-4 “…‘Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,3 and said to him, ‘Leave your […]
Before Jesus ascended into heaven we need to remember none of the New Testament had yet been written; none of the four Gospels (and not how the Holy Spirit worked in the lives of the Apostles), none of the letters, nor the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ…nothing had yet been recorded. […]