I am guessing everyone has some basic knowledge of the story of Jonah. In the lead up to Chapter 4 God has asked Jonah to God to Nineveh and warn the people there to repent. Jonah of course does everything he can to avoid this task against his sworn enemies but eventually ends up there … More Am I More Righteous than God?
LBC of Faith 1689 Chapter 7 Of God’s Covenant 2._____ Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace, wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be … More Coming to Christ
A few weeks ago I published an article I entitled God’s Tool Box based upon one of my favorite verses 2 Peter 1:3. I made the statement In my opinion this should be a verse every new believer learns early on because it is packed with reassurance that we can live the “Christian” life no … More Adding To God’s Tool Box Part 1
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s. 25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s. (KJV) First one need acknowledge that all things are and were created by God, therefore in one sense … More The things that are God’s
This verse comes towards the end of what most bibles headline something like ‘future persecutions’ (Matthew 10:16-25). Jesus is instructing the Apostles on what to expect as they go forth into the world. If they think that life will be easy they are wrong, If they think that just because they have been endowed with … More Matthew 10:24
Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times … More Power Through Weakness
Yesterday’s devotion focused on Ephesians 2:4-5 where Paul calls those without Christ, Children of disobedience and Children of Wrath. Today I want to look at what Paul calls God’s elect. Those who have Christ as Lord and Saviour, he uses three phrases to identify what true believers are to be know as: children of God, heirs … More Children of God
Ephesians 2:4-5 (KJV) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Here we have another But, in the bible demanding that we look at previous verses to get the proper … More But God
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us[b]for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. Predestination remains very controversial today. … More Children Through Christ
In my opinion this should be a verse every new believer learns early on because it is packed with reassurance that we can live the “Christian” life no matter how hard it gets. The Apostle Peter in under Divine inspiration begins this letter by reminding the church, 2 Peter 1:1, “Simeon[a] Peter, a servant[b] and apostle … More God’s Tool Box
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