“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God”… Read More »
The Power in His Whisper
1 Kings 19:11-13, “…Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in… Read More »
Which one are You?
Matt. 13:18-23, “Hear then the Parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the… Read More »
Instant Gratification = Eternal Regret
“There are some things in them (scriptures) that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures” (2 Peter 3:16). In his final words to the church to hold fast to their hope in God, Peter has one more warning for them. Those words… Read More »
Be Careful of the Damage a Large Hammer can do
“Preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2). After Timothy is charged to preach the Word, he is told by his mentor, Paul, always to be ready. To be that we have to do something very important, but that “something,”… Read More »
Preach the Word of God, not the Word of Man
“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2). In his final charge to his understudy, Paul wants to impress on Timothy the urgency to continue his work. Since the context is one evangelist charging another, we will look at that… Read More »
Don’t be a City Without Walls
Gal. 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law.” If there is one thing a Christian needs an abundance of, it must be self-control. When we possess it, we are able to control our emotions and behavior. It is… Read More »
Be Passionate, but Don’t be Ugly
Gal. 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law.” Being passionate about your religion is commendable. We should live our Christianity and not be afraid to stand up and be counted as one of God’s children. We should wear… Read More »
Hook, Line and Sinker
Gal. 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law.” Faithfulness is crucial to the success of our Christian walk and will, more than anything else, determine our destination because it will determine our obedience. In fact, the author of… Read More »
Be a Lighthouse in Dense Fog
Gal. 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law.” The 6th fruit of the spirit is “goodness,” and is translated from the NT Greek word, “agathosune.” It means “uprightness of heart” and not only speaks of the character trait… Read More »