95 Separating the Holy from The Common

It may seem to the casual, or uninterested reader of Scripture that the minute details of this Temple are of little interest. Some may even say as they do with the various chronologies in the Bible that they are unnecessary and without any spiritual importance. However, God says to us through King David that His Word is of supreme importance. Psalm 138:2-3 2I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 3In the day that I called thou answeredst me …

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Learning from Abraham about the Life of Faith  by John F. Walvoord

Hebrews 11 11 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. 2 For by it the people of old received God’s commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. 4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. 5 By faith Enoch was …

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When the Darkness Hits

1 Kings 19:1-9 19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, …

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The Throne of Grace

Jesus sees what it is we really want and need, even when we don’t recognize what that might be Hebrews 4:13-16 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in …

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