“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:15 KJVSD). “When at the altarContinue reading “Friends: No Longer Enemies”
Category Archives: LOVE OF GOD
Mercy: For Enemies Only
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7 KJVSD). “God’s throne is a seat, or throne, of mercy – a mercy seat. ‘Mercy is compassionate treatment of an enemy, with a disposition to forgive,’ says Webster. Whose seat then did the mercy seat represent? The only answer is that it represented theContinue reading “Mercy: For Enemies Only”
Angry Without Cause
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment” (Matthew 5:22 KJV). I had been so excited to watch one particular episode of a Christian series. Because of that, my disappointment was comparatively intense when I realized a key phrase was leftContinue reading “Angry Without Cause”
Being Filled: The Fulness of God
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness ofContinue reading “Being Filled: The Fulness of God”
Reflecting Jesus
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is theContinue reading “Reflecting Jesus”
Just for Me
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46 KJV). “It was to redeem us that Jesus lived and suffered and died. He became ‘a Man of Sorrows,’ that we might be madeContinue reading “Just for Me”
Just Choose! Judas and John Contrasted
“Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me. John 13:21. “The opportunities and advantages offered to John were given to Judas also. The same principles of truth were set before his understanding; the same example in the character of Christ was his to contemplate and imitate. But Judas failed to becomeContinue reading “Just Choose! Judas and John Contrasted”