The word translated here as “money,” in English, is “mammōnás.” It can mean “riches, money, possessions, property,” or “the treasure a person trusts in” (see biblehub interlinear). And a treasure does not have to be money or just money, but it can be anyone or anything that we serve with our...
This morning, as I sat down to write what the Lord is teaching me from today’s passage of Scripture, before I even knew what the Scripture was for today, he had the lyrics to the song “Oceans” going through my mind. And this song is about going deeper with God, going further than we have ever...
In the previous chapter of Ephesians, chapter 4, we read that, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we are no longer to live (in conduct) as the ungodly, giving ourselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. That is not the way we should have learned Christ. We...
Time is ticking, ticking by
Words not answered, don’t deny
Circumstances now abate
Please reply, and don’t be late
Whirlwind romance, not for good
Someone sees what’s under hood
You can’t hide from everyone
Even though you’ll hide from some
Things once hidden will reveal
Even though you make...
It is not enough to just acknowledge the truth of who Jesus Christ is and of what he has done for us in dying on that cross to deliver us from our slavery to sin so that we can now serve him with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. And it is not enough to just...
If we are of genuine God-given and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, then prior to us coming to faith in Christ we were once separate from him and unable in our own sinful flesh to be approved by him or to share in his righteousness and holiness. For we who were outside of genuine faith in...
“So Jesus said to them, ‘The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.’
“When...
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus...
Isaiah 58:1-11 ESV
There are many people today professing faith in Jesus Christ who are just going through the motions of religious practice but whose hearts are not surrendered to Jesus Christ. They do “religious” things, hoping to be approved by God, while they are still living wicked and...
I am reading in Psalms 90 which is “A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.”
In this Psalm, Moses speaks of the brevity of life and of how we need to number our days because we do not know when life will be taken from us. None of us knows for certain when God is going to bring his judgements upon...
I acknowledge here that this is Old Testament, but the New Testament, under the New Covenant, teaches us the same things. We are to be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation. And God chose us in him before the foundation of the...
When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before...
Walking wounded, are you listening?
Truth abounding, ever glistening.
Jesus Christ is your salvation.
Learn of Him in revelation.
Holy Bible, Word of living,
Grace of God to us is giving.
Jesus Christ gave His life for us,
So through faith we’d be forgiven.
Turn from your sins, trust in...
What Jesus Said
This conversation took place between Jesus and Martha (the sister of Mary and Lazarus) after Lazarus had died and before Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. But I am not going to talk about that Bible story now, but I am going to focus on these few verses here and what they mean...
So, the most important commandment of all of God’s commandments is that we love the Lord our God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength. But this “love” is not an emotional feeling, though our emotions are definitely engaged in loving God. But to love God with this kind of (agape) love...
Now God knows who all of us are, because he created us. But this is speaking of knowing more in an intimate relationship sense. This is to know someone experientially via first-hand acquaintance. The same word “know” was used by the virgin Mary when the angel of God informed her that she would...
This is Jesus Christ speaking to the believers in Jesus Christ in the city of Laodicea. Collectively they were the church in the entire city of Laodicea. And a lot of people believe that they represent the apostate church of these last days, while others say that they represent the church (in...