How do we judge others? What is our motive? Do we see clearly? Are we doing the same thing for which we are judging others? “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the
“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man is the opposite of the fear of God. Since “…God is love…” 1 John 4:8, 16, the fear of man is the opposite of love: “There is no fear in love.
There are differences between the Old and New Testament. For instance, “The Old Testament predicts a Messiah (see Isaiah 53), and the New Testament reveals who the Messiah is (John 4:25–26). The Old Testament records the giving of God’s Law, and the New Testament shows how Jesus the Messiah fulfilled that Law (Matthew 5:17; Hebrews
2 Peter 13-11 “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the
Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus telling Him that their brother, Lazarus, was ill: “When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” John 11:4 Jesus had a special bond with this family. He
My Old Testament college professor said, “Job is a book you read if your tail is between the cracks.” When we are going through hard times, it is the book to read – it can give us the answers to our questions. In Job 1-2 Satan appears before God and argues that Job is serving
Several passages in the Bible make it clear that wives are to be submissive to their husbands. Submission does not mean that the wife doesn’t do some tasks or that she always does others. For example, sometimes a wife might handle the finances or fix appliances. Her husband might do the cooking or look after
Everyone feels depressed at some time and most find the solution fairly quickly. There are many degrees of depression. It can be debilitating or even lead to suicide. It can be an unexplained sadness that a person can’t get out of or do anything to cause it to cease. Counseling or deliverance from oppressive spirits
“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and
Many people think (some without realizing it) that happiness is doing what they want. Even Christians at times walk according to the flesh or sinful nature: “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set