Shocking—although it should not be so. I thought I would do a simple study on the word jealous. I should have guessed that I was being set up for something really amazing. My initial mild interest in studying the term for two reasons abruptly changed. I can just imagine the heavenly interest in my immediateContinue reading “Are You Jealous?”
Category Archives: LOVE OF GOD
Why will you die?
Christ is coming! He wants us to be ready to receive the crown of eternal life He has for the faithful. If we desire to be judged ”the faithful,” then in the name of His Son Jesus, we must simply ask Him to make us “the faithful.” Then we must trustingly believe that He hearsContinue reading “Why will you die?”
Hate evil, and love…
When we truly know God, we will love His law: The Ten Commandments, the law of liberty. In the person of His only Son, Jesus Christ, God’s love was literally nailed to the cross. God’s love—His character—is His Ten Commandments. Christ speaks the Word of His Father, “If you love me, keep my commandments, andContinue reading “Hate evil, and love…”
Handling the Hurt
In Matthew 5:44, Jesus reveals what to do when people hurt you. Pray for them. Release them to God. Entrust your well-being to Him, who rightfully measures vengeance and saves the repentant. When they accuse you, pray for them. When they insult you, pray for them. When you find they have used you, pray forContinue reading “Handling the Hurt”
Final Call: The door is closing!
Do not let death find you unready. Stop playing around. And stop playing on Satan’s ground, thinking he cannot overpower you. Without God, we are no match for Satan and his angels. Look into the mirror of God—His Ten Commandments—and examine yourself. Study them. Know that they are deep and broad. In fact, they touchContinue reading “Final Call: The door is closing!”
He says, “Come…”
God calls us to come to Him first. We are not to do anything else. Just come. It is after our complete surrender of self to Him that He re-creates us. Daily, we must choose to surrender self. Again and again—every day—we must be willing to die to self and to selfishness. God gives usContinue reading “He says, “Come…””
Forgiveness Granted, but Reconciliation?
Reconciliation involves being born again: True repentance, being converted (changed, created new, sanctified daily). We are not to be unequally yoked so in the relationships, including with God and in marriage; we (true Christians, true sons and daughters of God) must be in all truth and righteousness (The truth and righteousness one has is ofContinue reading “Forgiveness Granted, but Reconciliation?”