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“And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.”” 1Samuel 16:2 There are times when God appears to act contrary to His own nature. For example, God tells Abraham to...

“The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners.” 1Timothy 1:15 One of the most heated debates in the history of Christianity revolves around the definition of sin. One group argues that only that which involves the will...

“I know and I am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.” – Romans 14:14 Convictions on how we should act differ from convictions regarding what we believe. In both areas, the Bible forbids personal convictions at variance with its...

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” 2Corinthians 4:7 Again and again the Apostle Paul reminds us of our precious Possession. For the authentic believer, Christ who dwells in us is in sharp contrast to the container. We are a...

“There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” Luke 15:7 The Judeo-Christian religion stands in sharp contrast with all other religions in regards to the worth of the individual. Created in the image of God and redeemed at the price of the...

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. You turn man back to the dust, and say, “Turn back, O children of men!” – Psalm 90:2-3 Moses likens our life span to a dream and to grass. The end of...

“Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?” 1Corinthians 6:2 Engaging a fellow believer in litigation before a secular court did not happen in the Old Testament Theocracy; there was no such thing as a...

By Dr. Coreen Jackson “God is Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” – John 4:24 A.W. Tozer said the following, “Worship is the missing jewel in modern evangelicalism. We are organized, we work, and we have our agencies. We have almost everything, but there’s one thing that...

“All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.” – Romans 2:12 People are better served accepting God’s standards rather than insisting on living by their own. Most of what God disallows, our conscience condemns, as Paul...

“Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.” Luke 17:33 In the Great Commission Jesus said to go and preach the gospel, teaching the people to obey. Revelation demands a response. God expects us to obey what He reveals to us. As we study His revelation...