Blogs
IT IS TIME AGAIN TO CHECK YOURSELF AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. WE HAVE SO MANY DISTRACTIONS IN THIS OLD SINFUL WORLD THAT IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL, EVEN THE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN CAN FALL INTO SATAN'S TRAP OF JOINING IN. WOULD YOU SAY WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS? JUST LOOK AROUND YOU. THE BIBLE WARNS US OF THIS TIME. LOOK WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS ABOUT THE LAST DAYS. I WILL QUOTE IT BELOW WITHOUT VERSE NUMBERS SO YOU CAN GET THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE VERSES, YOU ARE DECEIVED AND THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING ABOUT THIS AGAIN. NOW FOR THE WARNING.
He Rewards Even Little Things
Matthew 10:42, 'And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.'
MATTHEW 10:1-42, 11:1, MARK 6:7-13, LUKE 9:1-6
This verse shows that even our smallest acts of kindness will be rewarded. As revealed in 1 Corinthians 3:13, every man's work shall be tried to determine 'what sort it is,' not what size it is. Many people who have never done anything to gain the attention of the masses will shine bright in the day when the Lord passes out His rewards.
Some of the Lord's rewards for our actions come in this life, such as children, financial blessings, health, and many others....
Opposition To The Gospel
Matthew 10:34, 'Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.'
MATTHEW 10:34-42
This statement seems like a contradiction to some prophecies concerning Jesus and some of Jesus' own statements concerning peace, as well as what was written of Him in the New Testament Epistles. However, the peace that Jesus purchased was peace between God and man. We have peace with God (Rom. 5:1). We are exhorted to take this peace and extend it to all men, but it is also made very clear that not all men will receive it.
Peace can only come when we relate to God on the basis of faith in what He did for us, instead of what we do for Him. A person who is thinking that he must perform...
I LOVE STUDYING ABOUT GRACE. YOU CAN HARDLY READ A BOOK OF THE BIBLE WITHOUT FINDING THE WORD GRACE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. ABOUT THE BEST DEFINITION I HAVE FOUND FOR GRACE IS "THE FREE UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD."
AS YOU KNOW I AM ALWAYS LOOKING UP WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY AND I HAVE ONE MORE FOR YOU TODAY...."MERCY". I FOUND THIS DEFINITION IN THE 1828 WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY.
Degrees Of Denial
Matthew 10:33, 'But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.'
MATTHEW 10:32-33
This word 'deny' can mean a variety of things from as little as 'to assert the contrary of' to 'to disavow; disown.' For example, we can see that it must have been the lesser type of denial which was committed by Peter because God certainly forgave Peter's sin and continued using him. In Hebrews 6:4-6, the Lord states that there is no repentance from total denial of the Lord (Heb. 10:29). Therefore, even though Peter denied (asserted he did not know) the Lord, he did not disown or disavow the Lord.
No believer desires to deny our Lord, but failing to provide for spiritual health is...
About Persecution
Matthew 10:23, 'But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.'
MATTHEW 10:16-26
Persecution is an inevitable part of the Christian life. Persecution is from Satan and is designed to uproot God's Word in our lives by taking our eyes off Jesus. We should not think it is strange to be persecuted. 'All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution' (2 Tim. 3:12). We can actually rejoice because we are being persecuted, for Jesus' sake, knowing that the Lord will be with us in the midst of the persecution and that there will be more than ample reward when we stand before Him (Heb....
Please check out our latest track called "I am free." A song of hope.