Biblical Teachings
A Clear Conscience
A Clear Conscience 1 Samuel 24:8–21 8 David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him. 9 Then he shouted to Saul, “Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you? 10 This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the Lord placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the …
You ARE chosen
You are not who you were yesterday.. You are not close to being who you will be tomorrow.. You are where you’re meant to be today.. You may not be perfect.. But you ARE chosen.. Just as you are.. God says, I have a word for you.. I know your whole life story.. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every minute of shame, sin, dishonesty, and degraded love that has darkened your past. I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, and my word is this.. I dare you to trust that I love you just …
Revelation Msg 10
In this video Dr Woodhead continues to discuss the apostasy of the Church and defines the nature of the Genuine true Church which is invisible.
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, ”— 2 Timothy 1:9
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, ”— 2 Timothy 1:9 The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, “Who hath saved us.” Believers in Christ Jesus are saved. They are not looked upon as persons who are in a hopeful state, and may ultimately be saved, but they are already saved. Salvation is not a blessing to be enjoyed upon the dying bed, and to be sung of in a future …
Divine Cultivation
Divine Cultivation “I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day” (Isaiah 27:3). When the LORD Himself speaks in His own proper person rather than through a prophet, the word has a peculiar weight to believing minds. It is Jehovah Himself who is the keeper of His own vineyard; He does not trust it to any other, but He makes it His own personal care. Are they not well kept whom God Himself keeps? We are to receive gracious watering, not only every day and every …
Getting Out of Step
Saul reminds us that humility is a key to receiving the fullness of God’s blessings and power. Getting Out of Step 1 SAMUEL 13:5-14 5 Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits. 7 Also some of the …
REASONS TO OBEY GOD
REASONS TO OBEY GOD Daniel 9:3-4 3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, Daniel and his friends were in a strange land, prisoners of a king who sought to benefit from their superior skills and intellect. As he grew to manhood, Daniel managed to operate within the foreign system …
A True Friend
A True Friend 1 Samuel 23:14–18 14 David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him. 15 One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him. 16 Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God. 17 “Don’t be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and …
God Has a Purpose for Storms
If you are in the midst of suffering, you can trust that God is using it for both your good and His kingdom. God Has a Purpose for Storms Psalm 119:71 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Perhaps you’ve seen a TV show in which a distracted person is about to step in front of a moving vehicle. Then suddenly another character races onto the scene, tackling him to prevent a catastrophe. Stunned and indignant, the near-victim fumes and swats at his rescuer—that is, until realizing he has just …
In chapter two of the Book of Galatians, I saw something more clearly than I had before
In chapter two of the Book of Galatians, I saw something more clearly than I had before. There was an event which had taken place earlier in Antioch which Paul was relating to the Galatian church as a great warning, both to them and therefore to us as well. A group of men had come down to Antioch from Jerusalem, having been sent from James. Peter and Barnabas were there with Paul, apparently co-ministering with him to the people there in Antioch. The Jews, upon arriving there, were very persuasive and succeeded in bringing even Peter and Barnabas under the …