Do not doubt but believe The Greek phrase used is quite difficult to translate into English. Greek has two forms of imperative. In other words, you can tell somebody to do something in two different ways. What is known as an aorist imperative means “do this action once.” If I asked someone to open a [...]

The law defined sin, but the law could not save. Salvation was supplied by the grace of God. Law and grace cant be separated. Dan Delzell, in the Christian post, wrote: “Notice that the contrast is not between grace and truth. It is between the Law of the Old Testament and the Gospel of the [...]

Apparently “afflictions” are part of our destiny. Why are we so surprised when afflictions do come? We have been told to expect them. It is quite possible, even, that the more righteous we are, the more afflictions we will face.

Flesh can only wound flesh. Man may kill you, but not take anything of eternal value from you. Why should you fear of losing that which you have already given to Christ? You have no life to lose because you have given it to Christ already.

The Hebrew word “terrible” translated in the King James version means “stupendous, admirable, wonderful, illustrious. Nothing can compare to the works of God.

Jonathan Edwards wrote in his infamous “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”: “that they were always exposed to destruction; as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. This is implied in the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding…….It implies, that [...]

He is slow to anger and wrath. The devils biggest lie is to make you believe God is more willing to judge and condemn you than He is to save you, bless and deliver you.

First thing I always note on this verse is that the lamp shines at our feet. So, though we may not see the whole end of the path or even where it goes…we are able to see where we should step. There are many who think they can go through life–dark and dangerous as it [...]

Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Above all, take the shield of faith, wherewith you will be able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the wicked. The shield to which we take refuge in is faith. The just shall live by it. The word is the helmet of salvation [...]

Self-examination has a goal, and that goal is increased conformity to the image of God as revealed in Christ, his word, and his law.

The Hebrew word for affliction here means “borbeaten, troubled, abased, chastened, defiled, hurt, humbled, weakened, depressed.” The words “statutes” in this verse means “engraved law.” So, it is good that I went through all these afflictions, that the Lord would engrave His law in my heart.

1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever: 4 To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy [...]

Paul writes that the wisdom of man is foolishness to the wisdom of God. It will be destroyed. The “foolish” who try and defy God or proclaim that God is not true or that the Bible is not true will be proven false. If not in this life, then in the judgment. That will be [...]

God’s grace brings a life transforming deliverance from the bondage of sin that is common to one’s social environment. Then God calls us to reach out to those in that environment that are still enslaved. The trend is usually for someone to try and get out of their situations in order to start a new [...]

All the other gifts will fail because they will end. Love does not end and endures forever. It’s vision is farther than this life. I read a skeptics comments once that suggested that since Paul is prophesying that “prophesy will fail” that this prophesy, hence, fails. That’s not being a “skeptic,” that is just being [...]

The request that God “fill” suggests that there may be some spiritual vacuum that needs to be corrected. The filling is to be with the knowledge of God’s will and not some type of speculative gnosis (“knowledge”) so characteristic of false teachers. Wisdom (sophia and understanding (synesis) likewise are not some abstract intellectual concepts from [...]

They did not know where to go. All they have been doing is just going round and round Mt Seir. Finally, God says that He is getting tired of that. Many Christians do the same thing. They do not take God at His word, and just go round and round in circles. Staying at the [...]

They had traveled peacefully through other territories and were commanded to not provoke anyone to battle. Now they were coming onto the land that was promised, and the Lord was telling them to “engage” in battle. God’s provision is not always just handed to us. Sometimes it has to be fought for. The world has [...]