Jude 1:3-4 ESV “Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, … Continue reading We Must Contend for the Faith
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No Matter What Comes
Psalms 46:1-3 ESV “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah” No matter what comes our … Continue reading No Matter What Comes
Everyone Hearing and Doing
Matthew 7:24-25 ESV “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on … Continue reading Everyone Hearing and Doing
And You Will Find Rest for your Souls
Jeremiah 6:10 ESV “To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.” There are people in this world who have a form of godliness but … Continue reading And You Will Find Rest for your Souls
To Know the Love of Christ that Surpasses Knowledge
Paul (once called Saul) was a Pharisee who once persecuted Christians for their faith in Jesus Christ and who tried to stop the gospel of Jesus Christ from spreading. But God had mercy on him, and he called him to open the eyes of the blind and to turn them from darkness to light and … Continue reading To Know the Love of Christ that Surpasses Knowledge
How We Live Matters for Eternity
John 8:12 ESV “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” Following Jesus Christ is not optional for the person of true faith in Jesus Christ. We can’t separate “believer” and “disciple.” If we don’t … Continue reading How We Live Matters for Eternity
Receiving God’s Grace in Vain
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 ESV “Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, ‘In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of … Continue reading Receiving God’s Grace in Vain
If We Go On Sinning Deliberately
Hebrews 10:26-31 ESV “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the … Continue reading If We Go On Sinning Deliberately
Are Your Passions at War Within You?
James 4:1-3 ESV “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and … Continue reading Are Your Passions at War Within You?
The One Believing and the One Not Obeying
John 3:36 ESV “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” Literal translation: “The one believing in the Son has life eternal. The one not obeying the Son, however, will not see life, but the wrath of … Continue reading The One Believing and the One Not Obeying
Walking Wounded 