Don’t give up on God because He has promised He will come through for you. He is faithful. He is dependable. If you don’t have the answers you are seeking, remember He promised that those things that are hidden will be revealed. In other words, those things you don’t understand right now will be brought to the light one day. Then you will understand and be glad you continued to follow the One Who is faithful, the One Who can be trusted, the One Who has the answers, the One Who has given us everything we will ever need in this lifetime!
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Jesus wanted Paul to be saved, then to be an example to all who would desire to follow the Lord after salvation. No one can think of themselves so evil or immoral that God could not save them. Paul’s testimony then becomes a witness to us of God’s grace. God saw in Paul a standard for all Christians later. Paul is our example of salvation “to the uttermost.” If God could work with Paul, there is hope for us.
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The Bible says that the joy of the Lord is our strength. When we are operating in joy, the Holy Spirit becomes our strength and we can mount up with wings as eagles, run and not be weary, walk and not faint.
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There are two viewpoints in this life. The first is the human viewpoint, which looks at circumstances through our own natural mind, our own natural understanding, and with our own natural wisdom. The second viewpoint is the divine viewpoint. This is looking at trials, troubles, and tribulations through the eyes of God, through the Word of God, through the promises of God by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Bible reveals that human viewpoint is always at war with divine viewpoint.
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Many churches, today, are not preaching or teaching the word of God. Some Scripture will be mentioned, or these pastors will teach around Scripture. They will use themselves as an object or talk about things that have happened in their life and some Scripture will be mentioned.
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The Good Samaritan took the man who was stripped of his clothing, beaten, and wounded, to an inn to be cared for.
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Two times the word “great” is mentioned in these verses where Jesus calmed the storm. The storm was called “great” and the calm was also called “great.” The same Greek word is used for both – “mega”. The mega storm was turned into a mega calm.
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God is not the source of suffering. He does not send temptations, trials, and afflictions into our lives. James 1:13 tells us, “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.”
Rather, God is the One Who sends the relief and the power to rebuild. 2 Peter 2:9 says, “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.” And God’s power to rebuild is always greater than the power of destruction.
So what is the source of suffering? There is no suffering where there is no sin. There are three sources of suffering in a Christians’ life on earth: Satan, others, and ourselves. All three are a result of original sin in the Garden of Eden.
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This verse is part of two chapters dedicated to the resurrection and ascension ceremony given for Jesus by the Father as He sat down to become the head and High Priest of the Church. The theme of Hebrews chapters one and two is the superiority of the humanity of Jesus over angels.
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On the cross we died together. When He took my sin, we were one in sin. When He was buried, I was buried with Him. When He was quickened, or made alive, I was made alive with Him. When He was resurrected from the dead, I rose with Him in newness of life. And when He sat down at the right hand of the Father, I sat down with Him to rule and reign in life over Satan, demons and circumstances.
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You have two teachers. One teacher is the Word and the other teacher is experience. But, experience is no good unless you apply the Word to it. Experience by itself will not teach you. It’s the Word you use IN the experience that teaches you.
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A faithful person is a plodder. A plodder keeps moving each day, driven by the Word of God and the personal integrity in their heart. We are told we will reap in due season if we don’t faint. A plodder is one who will not faint. He never has and never will give up. Unlike many others, he does not gain great amounts of ground at one time. Yet, when others have given up, thrown in the towel, the plodder is still going.
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After you used your faith toward God's Son Jesus Christ, did you use it to mature and become His disciple? Did you use faith toward others to lead them to Jesus and to bring them spiritual growth?
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Arrogance is exaggerated self-esteem. This root cause of sin puts the arrogant into competition with everyone around;
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The difference between a sin and unrighteousness is knowing what we have done, what we have committed. A sin is something we know we have done, a known sin. Unrighteousness is committed in ignorance, an unknown sin. Since we cannot confess an unknown sin, we did not know it was a sin when we committed it, it is not held against us.
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How much faith do you need to meet your needs? The biggest miracle you ever received and will ever receive is the new birth. The little amount of faith you used to believe in Jesus as your Lord, moved you from Satan’s kingdom into God’s, from spiritual death into eternal life, and from satanic darkness into the kingdom of light.
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The infilling of the Holy Spirit has many benefits, blessings, and uses attached to it. Speaking with tongues connects us to the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit and boosts our sensitivity to hear the voice of God for scriptural revelation, guidance, receive spiritual rest and refreshment, and operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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Romans 8 verses 31 through 35 are rhetorical questions. The answers to rhetorical questions are so simple and logical you already know them.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31
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Jesus said, “You’re right! You’ve had five husbands, and the one you’re living with now is not your husband” (John 4:16-18 paraphrase). That really grabbed her attention! Jesus was flowing in the gift of the word of knowledge.
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When I speak in minister’s conferences, I usually get a pastor or Bible teacher ask me to explain Hebrews 6:1-6. On the surface it is difficult, but once understood, it is some of the simplest and freeing verses in the New Testament concerning our salvation and growth in the Christian life. If only read, it seems to indicate that it is rather simple to lose our salvation then impossible to get it back again. “For it is impossible…if they fall away to renew them again to repentance” (vs. 4 and 6).
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