Righteousness: How Is It Produced in the Believer?
“But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him” Hebrews 10: 38a. This passage out of Hebrew 10 explains that the Old Testament sacrificial...
Category: Repentance/obedience
Overcome Temptation and Be a Mighty Warrior
“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior”Judges 6: 12. This chapter describes Israel’s seven-year oppression by Midian due to idolatry, prompting them to cry out to God. God calls...
The Glory of God and How We Fall Short of It
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3: 23. This passage from Romans tells us that because all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, humanity is justified...
Sin In the Bible: The High Price We Pay
“The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst Deuteronomy 17: 7. This...
How to Be Blessed with Every Good Thing
“No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” Psalm 84: 11b. This is one of the many precious promises out of the book of Psalms. These are some of the most comforting...
The Truth Will Set You Free, But How?
“At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. Titus 3: 3. In this...
Take Up Your Cross Daily but What Does that Mean?
“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple” Luke 14: 27. Doing what’s right and being obedient is the cross we must bear to be a disciple of...
Many Afflictions of the Righteous and Sorrows of the Wicked
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” Psalm 34: 19. I believe a big reason the righteous are often afflicted is to teach us to live by...
Manasseh: How Judgment Leads to Mercy Then and Now
“Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. And when he was in...
Afflicted but not Crushed
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. . . “ 2 Corinthians 4: 8, 9. This passage doesn’t just apply to...