Rom 15:3 says, “For even Christ pleased not himself.” In order for Christ to please his Father, he could not please himself. In the garden of Gethsemane, for instance, it would have pleased Jesus if he could have avoided bearing our sins in his own body on the tree [1...
In Ps 23:6, David wrote, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”. When David began the Psalm, he wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd”. With the Lord as your shepherd, two of the things you get from him follow you. Goodness and mercy:...
In 1 Thes 4:1 Paul says, “… that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.” This lesson is about pleasing God. If we are to please God and abound more and more, then we have...
God Conceals Things Prov 25:2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.” Indeed, God conceals things. God conceals: Himself – Jn 1:18; Jer 23:24 – God fills the universe and yet he cannot be seen. Nevertheless, he has revealed himself in...
A Fresh Start 2 Cor. 5: 17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO So much of the time, the reason that we get depressed or get stuck is that we can’t let go of the past. We are living “butt first,” always turned around, walking backwards, regretting the past, unaware of what’s coming...
When you walk as children of light, you: Walk with Jesus – 1 Jn 1:3-7. You are drawn to his light and the light of his words. Prov 4:18 and 2 Pet 1:19. The brighter the light that is in you, the closer to him you’re going to be. Christians...
Manifestation and Declaration of the Word of Life, 1 Jn 1:1-4 John’s First Epistle General is a declaration of that which he saw and heard when Jesus, the Word of life, was on earth. He begins his epistle in similar fashion to his gospel, writing of that which was from...
The Voice of God Ex. 19:5-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Ex 19:5-8, Moses told Israel to obey the voice of God. And the people said, “All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.” The truth of the matter is that people don’t want to hear the voice of God. ...
Difference Between Holy and Unholy Part II Lev. 10: 10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Now, there are some unholy things that you have going on in your life and you need to see them as unholy and then you need to get them out of your life. We covered some of...
David wrote in Ps23:5, “My cup runneth over”. His cup was filled to capacity and running over. We can appreciate what he was saying, for in our own lives our cup: Runneth over with the fulness of God. David said in Ps 16:5, “The Lord is the portion of… my...
