Christ was thirty years old when He was baptized. Since He is our example in all things, why are we baptizing children and babes? Where in the Word were young children and babes simply baptized? Nowhere! Christ commands us:“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and ofContinue reading “Must you wait until you’re thirty to be baptized?”
Category Archives: LOVE OF GOD
One Whose Heart Is Not Self-Willed
The one whose heart is not self-willed is one whose heart is lifted in a song of prayer and praise to God daily. The heart rises in meditation upon the Word of God. In it the heart is encouraged. In it the heart is strengthened. In it the heart knows the promised blessings of GodContinue reading “One Whose Heart Is Not Self-Willed”
Time is almost up!
Time is winding down or up, whichever way you prefer to say it. Probation is quickly closing, moment by moment. The probation of some ended at death. Some are still alive, but their probation has closed. For others, their probation will soon close. I am praying all that can be saved, will be saved. ButContinue reading “Time is almost up!”
Ruthless!
The ruthless disregard God. They disregard His Word. Yet, they still proclaim to be His and even saved of Him. Yes. The ruthless profess and proclaim to be God’s, while choosing to deny Him daily in their very lives. Miriam-Webster defines ruthless as having no pity: merciless, cruel, such as a ruthless tyrant. One withoutContinue reading “Ruthless!”
More Than Just a Day
Keeping the Sabbath holy, according to God’s commandment, requires a spiritual heart transplant. That means being born again. Being born again must involve thorough repentance and conversion. That means knowing that you did wrong, making the necessary efforts to rectify the wrong, and living so that you do not repeat the wrong. Yes. That typicallyContinue reading “More Than Just a Day”
Listen Up!
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5, 6 KJV). God is very clear that if we acknowledge Him in all our ways, He absolutely will direct our paths. He will lead us inContinue reading “Listen Up!”
Hard Sayings
There are hard sayings in God’s Word. That is, to the unlearned they seem hard—not having sought God to know Him, to love Him. So it is that we misunderstand Him and accuse Him falsely. This is why people label God a tyrant, unkind, too strict, extreme. But if we love Him, if we haveContinue reading “Hard Sayings”