When trouble comes, to our lives or to our nation, what we have hired out of the world isn't going to help us. Everything that we have bought or put effort into in an attempt to remain safe, healthy, happy, wealthy, etc… those things will be like, as The LORD points out through Jeremiah, "bullocks …
Category: Admonition
The Affliction of Joseph
Do the various afflictions of the church grieve you? When congregations do not glorify Jesus, become lukewarm, or begin to stray from a literal and serious interpretation of God's word, for example, does it grieve you? One of the condemnations The LORD gave to Jerusalem that led to their captivity/judgment was that they were "not …
Our Compassionate Savior
Jesus is willing to make us clean; He is willing to cleanse us and save us from our sins. For this very purpose, Jesus was born: to "save His people from their sins" and "this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." [1 …
Hearing and Sharing Generously
In the gospel of Mark, while Jesus "began again to teach by the sea side," He spoke a parable about sowing seeds. The parable reads as follows, "Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the …
Ready For Him
One of the things that will be prevelant in the coming days before Jesus returns, will be the mockery of His return. Peter tells us that there will be "scoffers" in the last days, "walking after their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all …
Refuge Under The Skirt of Christ
The true story of Ruth and Boaz is a great picture of Jesus and His bride, the Church. One of the most important lessons I think we can learn from it is our great need to come under the "skirt" of Jesus. Just like Ruth did with Boaz, we must do the same with Jesus. …
Redeemed Through Judgment
Jesus redeems us by God's judgement on him. The cup which Jesus drank, praying, "let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" was the very wrath of God we deserved for our sins. Our offences against a holy God were cast upon His Son, "whom God hath set …
Forgiveness Brings Knowledge
Because Jesus has died for our sins, resurrected, and given us the ability to be forgiven through faith, we can know The LORD. Though one might think they can know God through reading about Him or meditating upon spiritual matters: true knowledge of God comes only through Jesus and faith in Him. Intimate knowledge of …
Reacting to Praise
How do you react when others boast of Jesus, or when others rejoice in The Lord, speaking well of Him, praising Him, loving Him openly and freely? Does it also cause you to rejoice? If the answer is no, if the worship of others makes you uncomfortable, uneasy, or bitter, it is evidence of pride. …
Blessed Be His Glory
Ezekiel was a very interesting prophet. They all were, but among the prophets, The LORD really had Ezekiel do some off-the-wall things. Today, notice something very early in Ezekiel's ministry, something that happened to him very near to his calling from God. "Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice …
