God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 (American Standard Version) One of the forever highly disputable concepts that we must each seek an adequate balance of is that between justification by faith... Continue Reading →
A lot is said these days about making a choice. Christianity is being thought of as just that. We are asked if we choose to make Jesus our Savior. Then, after we have agreed that we are sufficiently convinced in our minds and hearts that Jesus is the Son of God, the next step is... Continue Reading →
We have all had tough times to get through where we wonder why this could be happening to us. Some may turn to the Lord for help or comfort while dealing with these painful times. Others try to cure their pain by reasoning it out somehow with their powers of mental capacity. But perhaps we... Continue Reading →
The scene described in John 17:1-5 is one of the most beautiful and profound of all the accounts of the history of mankind. Jesus Christ, the very son of God directs Himself towards His Father as was His custom before His disciples. While His words went up towards God their purpose was to benefit and... Continue Reading →
One can only wonder at the magnitude and depth of the words Jesus uses in John 14:10-11. Some truths are so wonderful that we may have to wait until we are face to face with our Savior and He can increase our understanding. In the meanwhile, we do not have to neglect these deeper truths... Continue Reading →
There is a strange thing that happens when we say that we hear the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Automatically we place ourselves in the direct attention of the Devil and his legions. There is a moment where all the powers of evil work together to prevent us from actually hearing and digesting properly... Continue Reading →
When you have had the privilege to have attended or been a part of several different denominational churches, you can learn much about the current state of religion. Each one of these has its positive emphasis on the Holy Trinity and each with its shortcomings. From the teachings and instruction given by these organizations and... Continue Reading →
There is an amazing thing that happens with the sacred scriptures. Words written to instruct or help a people in a certain time can and do have the power to speak in an equally important way to another people in a completely different situation and a different age. John uses the words that Isaiah had... Continue Reading →
There is today within the church of our Lord, a deadly virus. This terrible tragedy is attacking the would-be remnant and defenseless flock of Jesus. The illness is not one however merely a physical one but a mental and spiritual one. The soul destroying disease we speak of is the preoccupation the individual has with... Continue Reading →
One thing which we all seem to get caught up in when remembering the life of Christ, is to celebrate the wonder and significance of the moment. This can be and is a very admirable thing to do indeed; however, what we do not always do is celebrate what Christ did as being something of... Continue Reading →
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