There are a lot of things in life that we cannot control. We cannot control what is to come tomorrow, the behavior of other people, or even the simple things of everyday living like traffic, weather, the price of gasoline, etc. What we can control is what we do with ourselves. How we behave is […]
The Devil’s main objective is to get as many Christians to stumble as he can. He does not like it when people obey the gospel, but he does not give up hope when one does. As long as he has the opportunity to turn that new convert back to the world, he will keep on […]
Proverbs 28:26 (ESV) 26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. Some think they are always the smartest one in the room. They are usually self-righteous, putting complete trust in themselves. Is it wrong to have a certain level of confidence in one’s self? […]
Luke 12:20 (ESV) 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ Let me be clear about something at the very beginning of this blog—being rich is never condemned in the Bible. It is not riches in themselves that […]
Matthew 7:26 (ESV) 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. In this passage we find Jesus concluding His great “Sermon on the Mount.” This sermon is the greatest sermon ever recorded because it was preached […]
Proverbs 14:9 (ESV) 9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance. The guilt-offering, sometimes referred to as a sin-offering, was offered for both intentional and unintentional sins (Leviticus 4:5-13; 6:24-30). To mock the guilt-offering was to scoff at the significance of sin and the penalty for it. Only the fool dares […]
Psalm 14:1 (ESV) 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God…” The proof of God’s existence is all around us, beginning with His creation of the heavens and earth. David put it best. Psalm 19:1-6 (ESV) 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 […]
Well, are you? Do you even know what a Christian is? Too many in the world. and even in Christ, do not know what a Christian is. The world views almost all good people who believe in Jesus as Christians. Many in the body of Christ view all members of the church as Christians regardless […]
The world is the sphere of the devil’s rule (2 Corinthians 4:4). There is nothing Satan wants more than for us to conform to this world. He knows that the more worldly-minded we are, the further away from God we drift. John put it like this: 1 John 2:15-16 (ESV) 15 Do not love the […]
Paul’s basic theology centered around the just living by faith (Romans 1:17). It does not matter if one is a Jew or Gentile. To be justified by God, one has to have faith that Jesus is the Son of God. The entire book of Romans, especially the first 11 chapters, is a thesis on this […]