1 John 4.3 declares every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of
the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
The new god of this age is the god of tolerance. This god is intolerant of anyone who fails to pay homage to it. Yet if we think carefully and critically we know how weak this god really is. (more…)
John 6.29 describes the work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.
One of the knocks on Christianity is it’s easy entry to heaven. Some believe going to heaven is as easy as believing in Jesus, after all, isn’t that what He just said? Its fair to say what He meant by belief and what we understand by belief are not the same.
If what we understand belief to mean, simply believe, then the devil and all the demons would go to heaven since they certainly believe. In the gospel it is only the evil spirits who consistently identify Jesus correctly as the Christ the Son of God. I don’t think they will live with God forever though they believe. (more…)
Luke 18.17 records God promising anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child
will never enter it.
This is a very familiar warning to us but few take it seriously because most of us don’t understand what He means to receive the kingdom like a little child.
We usually begin by thinking of sweet and innocent children all of whom will go to heaven because it only seems fair. Those of us who have children however know they are often not so sweet nor innocent but are rather quite overt in their selfishness.
This takes us back to ignoring the meaning of God’s warning because it fails to make sense to us. (more…)
Exodus 6.30 records Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh
listen to me?”
Moses is certainly one of the great saints but he wasn’t flawless. Moses began serving God the way most of us do; he measured his ability by the size of the task and counted himself inadequate.
If we are serious about God, His will and His work, we find it daunting. If we are honest about ourselves we find our capacity to obey His will and complete His work beyond our current assets. (more…)
1 Samuel 17:47 teaches that the Lord does not depend on weapons to fulfill his plans—he works without regard to human means! This verse is the antithesis to that famous…
Luke 17:5 asks, “We need more faith; tell us how to get it.” A pretty simple question posed by the Apostles to the God of the universe that provides God…
Luke 14:28 warns don’t begin until you count the cost. I continue to be amazed at God's attitude toward saving the world while He lived among us. Certainly His sacrifice…
Mark 6:52 proclaims they didn't want to believe! Why don't we want to believe God lived among us as a man? If God really did come to earth to live…
John 18:37 declares by God, all who love the truth are my followers. What does it mean to love the truth? Or maybe we think, as the first person who…
Numbers 13.33 records we felt like grasshoppers before them. One of the saddest stories in the Bible is that of Israel failing to enter the promised land. While experiencing the…
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