Isaiah 33:22 describes the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is He
Who will save us.
How do we see God? What role does He play in our lives?
The great prophet Isaiah working in a culture similar to ours many years ago reminds Israel that God acts in four ways in our lives. (more…)
Leviticus 10.3 warns those who approach Me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will
be honored.
Our holiness not our happiness is what concerns God most. This is true because God is holy, that is His nature.
Is God happy? Happy is an emotion we feel based upon our circumstances. I doubt God is ever happy.
The Bible commands that we always be joyful. God promises us joy, probably because He Himself is joyful and exudes joy. Joy is a state of contentment, hopefulness and love all bundled together. It is why Paul in prison could say he was joyful and command we be joyful always. It is why God promised us joy though He promised us hard times because joy is possible in difficult circumstances unlike happiness.
Joy focuses on what we have and the relationship we have with God Who is always near regardless of where we are or what we are going through. (more…)
Leviticus 5:17 declares if anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.
God says we are guilty of disobedience to Him, sin, even if we don’t know what He requires. For many, this seems too harsh, unfair and therefore unacceptable to them for giving their allegiance to God.
Why does God take this position, that all will be held accountable to Him for disobedience even if they didn’t know His commands? I think there are three primary reasons. (more…)
Exodus 34.6-7 describes the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in 
love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished..
The current culture rejects the importance of fathering but the Bible describes God as a Father, in fact that is the Name by which He prefers we call upon Him. The fact that some have experienced the tragedy of poor fathering doesn’t diminish the goodness of fathering.
What we need to do is focus on the goal of fathering so all of us can strive toward it and encourage one another in it. (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…)
Job 40.8 asks would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
A few weeks ago the papers reported another atrocity of ISIS terrorists murdering children in the name of their god. The story I read, reported by a journalist from Great Britain, ended with his comments of disgust concerning religion and its abuse of people. Correctly, this man had a problem with religion that justifies the murder and maiming of children.
Below the surface was his disdain with the belief in god because if there is a god then he should be good and if he is good then he should stop the killing in his name. (more…)
Luke 20.38 declares He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.
Every religion seeks to answer the question concerning what happens to humanity after we die. Why does this question plague us so?
The educational institutions from grade school through graduate school tell us there is no God. The media confirm this belief by their incessant promotion of atheism and all things antagonistic toward a God Who Created the universe and will hold His creation accountable to His will.
Yet we cant seem to shake the notion that there really is a God and someday we will see Him when we leave this life. All people from all time in all places of the globe have held this nagging question and have created various answers to it.
So why the question and what does happen when we die? (more…)
Luke 6.26 warns, ‘woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated
the false prophets.’
Earlier God said it was blessed for men to speak evil of you on account of Him.
Have you ever been called a ‘goody – goody’ or some equivalent? Have you ever felt left out because of your Christian faith? Most of us recoil at these events if they ever happen.
The truth is we do our best to fit in and get along with everyone because our need for acceptance and approval runs so high. (more…)
John 4.23 describes a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God has told us how to worship Him: in spirit and in truth. It makes sense that He would tell us how to worship Him since He has commanded us to worship Him, to reverence Him, to honor Him and to recognize Him as God alone and that there is no other.
But what does it mean to worship God in spirit or in the Spirit and in truth? (more…)
John 14:23 reveals I will only reveal Myself to those who love Me and obey Me.
God loves everyone but God does not treat everyone the same.
God loves everyone as He demonstrated by coming to earth as a man to die as a sacrifice so that all humanity might be pardoned for all their evil done against God and one another. Yet not all of humanity will receive God’s pardon nor will all recognize Jesus as God the Savior while they continue in this life living selfishly and ignoring the commands of God.
It is only those who love God as demonstrated by obedience to God that see God and experience His presence in their lives. (more…)
Enter your email below to get your free resource, periodic news, and new blog post notifications.
