How could Paul say, “I take pleasure in distresses” and really mean it? Paul could say that he took pleasure in distresses because, when he was in distress, he received from the Lord: Grace – 2 Cor 12:9-10 “I take pleasure in… distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am...
Acts 27 is about a terrible storm through which Paul sailed on his journey to Italy. The storm destroyed the ship but none of the men on board were killed. “they escaped all safe to land,” [Acts 27:44]. What we’re going through right now with the coronavirus and with the...
According to Eph 2:11-22, when Jesus Christ died on the cross, he made a way for Jews and Gentiles to become fellow citizens in the household of God. How could Christ make Jews and Gentiles fellow citizens in the household of God? He made us fellow citizens: By the blood...
Right now, people are scared because of the current collapse in the stock market, fear over the spread of the coronavirus, the fall in the price of oil, the continued bad news circulating endlessly every single day, and the uncertainty of what’s coming next. It’s in times like these that...
Right now, across the United States, governments are restricting public and private gatherings. Texas Government Code, Section 418.108, authorizes the mayor and the county judge to control ingress, egress, movement, and premises-occupancy, as an emergency power. As of today, public gatherings are being limited to less than 50 people in...
In 1 Sam 13, Saul was the king of Israel. He had reigned 2 years when Jonathan and the thousand men who were with him smote a garrison of the Philistines [1 Sam 13:2-3]. The Philistines retaliated by gathering themselves together to fight with Israel [1 Sam 13:5]. There were...
With the spread of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, some people are saying that this disease is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. They suggest that this virus is a pestilence, as in Matt 24:7. A pestilence, by definition, is a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent (on a...
Rom 2:16 says that “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.” Ecc 12:14 says, “God shall being every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” How is it possible that God can judge the secret things? God will...
In Eph 2:4-10, Paul wrote about being quickened together with Christ, when we are saved. Before we were saved, we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, who is the devil. However, now that we are saved, we are...
In Ps 143:8, twice David said to the Lord “Cause me.” To cause is to make it happen. He said, “Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning.” And he said, “Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk.” By searching for the phrase “cause me,”...
