Today I was thinking about John the Baptist. The Lord Jesus said that John was the greatest of the prophets. John is a very interesting Bible personality because he was the last of the Old Testament prophets, coming on the...
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Are the Saints in Heaven Sinning When they Ask for Justice?
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign...
Continue ReadingAre the Saints in Heaven Sinning When they Ask for Justice?Why Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of Evil
Php 2:9-11 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,...
Continue ReadingWhy Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of EvilWhy do Most People Choose to Ally With Evil Rather than its Victims?
Psa 2:2-4 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, (3) “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” (4) He who...
Continue ReadingWhy do Most People Choose to Ally With Evil Rather than its Victims?Is a Christian Absolutely Forbidden to Sue Their Church Leaders?
1 Corinthians 6:1-7 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? (2) Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if...
Continue ReadingIs a Christian Absolutely Forbidden to Sue Their Church Leaders?God Curses the Wicked
Galatians 1:8-9 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. (9) As we have said before, so now I say again:...
Continue ReadingGod Curses the WickedMany Christians Do Not Seem to Know Whose Side they are on or Who the Enemy is
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies,...
Continue ReadingMany Christians Do Not Seem to Know Whose Side they are on or Who the Enemy isLord, The Wicked are Laughing
Psa 91:14-16 "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. (15) When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;...
Continue ReadingLord, The Wicked are LaughingWhy is Our Default Tendency to Focus on “Fixing” the Evil Person Rather than Helping His Victim?
Deu 13:6-10 "If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other...
Continue ReadingWhy is Our Default Tendency to Focus on “Fixing” the Evil Person Rather than Helping His Victim?We do Not Really Understand What it Means to “Bear One Another’s Burdens”
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. This is a verse of Scripture that is frequently quoted but almost never truly understood. The typical dealings of a local church with a victim of evil...
Continue ReadingWe do Not Really Understand What it Means to “Bear One Another’s Burdens”