Narrow Is the Path to Life, but What Does That Mean?
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard...
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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...
How the Fear of the Lord Turns Temptation Into Treasure
“Take my [wisdom] instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her” Proverbs 8: 10, 11. Our reading...
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...
Resist Temptation and Turn a Snare into Freedom
“They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the...
Resisting Temptation: The Easier Way to Suffer
“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering” Hebrews 2: 10. This verse tells us Jesus was...
Temptation to Sin: Friend or Foe?
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12: 10. I’m Only Tempted to Sin Where I’m...
God Will Fight for You, but You Still Have to Go to Battle
“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give...