God is love. —1 John 4:8
God is love. —1 John 4:8 God in Christ is no longer a consuming fire but a God of love, of peace—a reconciled God. God in Christ holds out His hand all day long to poor sinners. He receives all. He welcomes all. He rejects, He refuses, He casts out none. It is His glory to pardon a sinner. It is the glory of His power; it is the glory of His love; it is the glory of His wisdom; it is the glory of His grace to take the prey from the mighty, to deliver the lawful captive, to pluck …
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” – Psalms 73:26 When we see that God demands that His people be broken, we may ask ourselves if we really want to be close to God because bad things happen around there. If we are wise, we would not run from brokenness, but instead run to it. Recognize that this is where God’s work gets done. God requires us to be contrite, humble, and …
Cultivating Character
Cultivating Character Esther 4:9-14 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the …
Set Apart for God
Set Apart for God Romans 12:1-3 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, …
Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey
Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey America faces an uncertain time. Across the political spectrum, people are talking about a “Second American Civil War.” But what’s happening in the United States is happening everywhere. From North America to Central and South America. From Europe to the Middle East. Africa stays in a state of perpetual turmoil. India and Pakistan. Ukraine and Russia. Yemen and Saudi Arabia. North Korea and South Korea. China and all of its free neighbors. Conflict boils over. We have entered a period of worldwide political chaos. It’s exactly the situation that the Bible says …
The Old Testament is Christ concealed. The New Testament is Christ revealed.
The Old Testament is Christ concealed. The New Testament is Christ revealed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The Revelation and Testimony of Jesus Christ” Revelation 1:1-2 An in-depth study of the book of Revelation is no simple matter. How grateful we should be that God gave us Revelation?! But I can tell you Satan is not. He hates this book, for it reveals his downfall and gives believers a hope that is steadfast and sure. We would do well to look carefully at what the Bible says about “those things that will be hereafter,” for false prophets seek to profit, charlatans concoct predictions, and …
THE SIN OF UNBELIEF IN ETERNAL SECURITY
Jennie Dip THE SIN OF UNBELIEF IN ETERNAL SECURITY Those who do not believe the promise of eternal life and yet claim to be Christians, then by necessity believe that they are saved both by their “faith” plus their works. They obviously need their own works to keep them “saved.” This is a heresy and the very thing that Paul condemned the Galatians for. These people are showing that they have never experienced the salvation of God at all, for if they had, they would understand or possess spiritual discernment which only God can give in salvation, and believe the …
“The voice of weeping shall be no more heard.”—Isaiah 65:19.
“The voice of weeping shall be no more heard.”—Isaiah 65:19. HE glorified weep no more, for all outward a causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects in heaven. Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander, are unknown there. No pain distresses, no thought of death or bereavement saddens. They weep no more, for they are perfectly sanctified. No “evil heart of unbelief” prompts them to depart from the living God; they are without fault before His throne, and are fully conformed to His image. Well may they cease to mourn who have ceased to sin. They …
The Crucified Messiah Of the Old Testament Fulfilled in the New
John the Baptist and the Crucified Messiah Foretold in the Old Testament, Fulfilled in the New. By Dr. Todd Baker Traveling to the probable location where Yeshua Ha Adon (the Lord Jesus) was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River at Bethabara in the Judean Desert (John 1:28; Matthew 3:13-17), God opened a Gospel witness. After arriving there, the Lord opened a door for me to witness to Shlomo about what Bible prophecy predicted about the Messiah’s forerunner John the Baptist prophesied in Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1.This prompted me to exhort the receptive Israeli Shlomo to read …
Our Heart’s Desire
Our Heart’s Desire “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” -Philippians 3:10-11 God has created us with the ability to love and express ourselves. We, having been created in the image of God, can truly have no fulfillment in our earthly pursuits apart from knowing Him. The Apostle Paul having lived a life of achievement, notoriety and wealth found himself emotionally and spiritually bankrupt. It wasn’t until he encountered Jesus Christ in …
What Can I Do to Bring You Joy?
What Can I Do to Bring You Joy? “So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.” Romans 5:11 Lord, take care of that friend who is a missionary. Lord, heal my hurting heart. Father, help me to be wise with our finances. Father, I need You right now. If I could stack up my prayer requests, I’m sure they’d reach the sky. I’ve been bringing them to God for a long time, sometimes whispered in a time of crisis and other times as I settle …
Ask and Trust
Ask and Trust Esther 2:12-18 12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house. 14 In the evening …