DELIVER US FROM EVIL “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 Although there are many wonderful people, there is much evil in the world. So much is changing quickly. Perhaps the world has not reached the depth of depravity foretold, but it is to be
Jesus commands us to “be perfect” or “blameless” (without fault): “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight…” Ephesians 1:4 We are commanded to be “holy” because God is holy. “…‘Be
HEAVEN God does not tell us much about heaven. Perhaps He has told us a great deal if we can just understand. Like anything we have not experienced, it is hard to put the pieces together. However, God has told us all we need to know about heaven. We know God’s will
The book of Daniel was written several hundred years before Jesus came to earth. Yet it contains more prophecy about when Jesus will come a second time than any other book except the book of Revelation. Jesus came the first time as a baby to become a man before dying a cruel death to pay
By worshiping Jesus only, I mean worship God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. They are one God in three persons. No other person or being deserves worship. Jesus told Satan that we are to worship and serve only God: “Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it
I was a Christian twenty years before I knew there was a Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Bible clearly speaks about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, but no one had pointed it out to me and I hadn’t noticed. The Holy Spirit is God, part of the trinity of God the Father, God
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” Malachi 1:3 God loved Jacob and hated Esau. What exactly does this mean? Malachi 1:3 is quoted
God does not condemn those who belong to Him: "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:1 Sin separates us from God, not because God leaves, but because we feel He leaves. God the
There is a saying that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.” A skilled artist can portray more in a picture than an expert author. La Gioconda, better known as Mona Lisa, is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, finished between 1500 and 1504. This ‘is considered one of the most beautiful portraits ever executed.”1
“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek (strength of the king), his wife’s name was Naomi (beautiful grace