God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
One inevitable error on our part is to constantly assume that to have validity, something must be measured up to another person. For example, when we make a wonderful discovery inside our hearts towards God, it is completely natural for us to want to share that discovery with another human being. This is highly commendable... Continue Reading →
Now we know that we have freedom in Christ and that by Works we are not saved. But we cannot argue that Jesus taught us to me more than just good. Reading Matthew 5 through 7, Jesus tries to show us that even accepted and traditional ways of thinking we are good are not enough. ... Continue Reading →
And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. Matthew 5:29 American Standard Version There might be some fanatics somewhere who preach something this radical. ... Continue Reading →
But I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment: (Matthew 5:22 American Standard Version) Sometimes we may say that we are close to the Lord. Then we sit back with a smug look on our face and feel good with ourselves. Then Jesus... Continue Reading →
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 →
Perhaps it was a sunny and pleasant day when Jesus saw the people come flocking to Him. He found a nice elevated place where they could all see and hear Him well. As He sat down, His disciples drew in close and He began to teach. But the words that Christ uttered that day are... Continue Reading →
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23 American Standard Bible) So familiar are we to the story of Jesus that perhaps we rarely stop to think what was... Continue Reading →
Jesus began His ministry with the cry, ¨Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Has drawn near¨. (See Matthew 4:17) Have you ever stopped to examine this short message that needed One to come from the Land of the Gods to proclaim it to us? We can consider two important concepts wrapped in this powerful... Continue Reading →
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Matthew 4:1 King James Version What can we learn from the story of the temptations of Jesus? Perhaps you feel like the Spirit has led you into a desert too, where you are bombarded every minute by the... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 