THE RIGHT FEET

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“God is the one who has never criticized you or belittled you or made fun of your appearance in any way. He is the one who formed you, and said afterward, ‘This is good.’ In Luke, chapter 7, ‘a woman who had lived a sinful life’ brought an alabaster jar and broke it at the feet of Jesus. I am certain it was the most beautiful thing she owned. It represented her very life. At His feet she poured out all her longings, all her struggles, all her attempts to measure up, all her manipulations to try to get love. …

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37 Israel’s Rebellion Part II

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God is now speaking to the second generation of wilderness wanderers. The first generation has died out and the Lord now speaks to their sons and daughters. God is commanding them to not do what their parents did to defile themselves with the idols their fathers worshipped. He urged them to follow the Law He provided to them at Sinai. He wanted them to sanctify (make holy) the sabbaths as signs of the covenant relationship between the Lord and themselves. By following these instructions the second generation would come to know by personal experience that Jehovah was their God. As …

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Ezekiel 84 -Times of the Gentiles Pt.II

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In order to accurately determine the timing of the Gog & Magog invasion it is important to look at two chapters in Daniel 2, and 7. The first vision in chapter 2 was Nebuchadnezzar’s. This one from Daniel chapter 7 is Daniel’s vision. This is God directly giving him this vision. Normally it is best to read line by line and then explain. Because of the complexity it is appropriate to read the entire passage first and then go through the details in order to render an explanation. Some of this can be confusing when the texts describes beasts, images, …

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Being Joined to the Lord

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by T. Austin-Sparks “He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17). “For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body” (1 Corinthians 12:13). Now, dear friends, as we come to partake at the Lord’s Table, it is well that we are reminded of its wonderful meaning. When the Lord appointed that His people should so gather at His Table, He knew all the fullness of meaning that is gathered into His Table. This is the one divinely-appointed way in which all the great values of Christianity are gathered together, and there is no …

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The Simple Truth of God is that the Truth of God is Simple

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Jack Kinsella One of the most difficult things to grasp about Christianity is its simplicity. It is that simplicity that has spawned literally hundreds of denominations and thousands of cults, sects and sub-sects, all of whom are convinced they have discovered some hidden and complicated truth nobody else ever discovered. There is a old saying that “the simple truth of God is that the truth of God is simple” and old sayings generally become old sayings because they are true. “The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and He helped me.” (Psalms 116:6) There is probably no truth …

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The Last Few Coats of Paint . .

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Jack Kinsella ”But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” (Daniel 12:4) The vision and prophecy given to Daniel is to be fulfilled at the ‘time of the end’. The angel says at that time that people will be traveling back and forth on the earth (‘to and fro’) at a time of exponentially increasing knowledge. We live in a time when information is coming at us so fast that we even have a phrase to describe it …

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How’s Your Heart?

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1 Samuel 13:1-14 13 Saul was {forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the …

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THE AFFLICTION OF PAUL

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Like Paul, we discover that God’s strength is available to us when we confess our inadequacy to Him. 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we …

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Building a Firm Foundation

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A well-rounded understanding of God’s character is the beginning of developing sound faith LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. We have been examining the nature of faith. But on what must we build a strong faith in the Lord? Let’s look at seven aspects of the foundation: 1. God is. Faith must be built around the simple confession that the Lord is—that He is real and that He exists and is …

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Three Secrets Revealed

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  Deuteronomy 34:1–12 34 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea, 3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give …

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