1Co 1:30-31 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, (31) so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” In...
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My Righteousness is in Heaven – Not in Me
John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's Progress, struggled for years with terrible guilt that he had committed the unpardonable sin. The enemy would, over and over, throw this scripture into his mind: Heb 12:15-17 See to it that no one...
Continue ReadingMy Righteousness is in Heaven – Not in MeThe Lord Sees it all
Eze 8:12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see...
Continue ReadingThe Lord Sees it allA Fitting Prayer for our Nation
A good friend of mine recently sent me this Scripture and pointed out how it is a prayer for our own nation (and yours too if you don't live in the U.S.). We know that ultimately it speaks of that...
Continue ReadingA Fitting Prayer for our NationAn Appearance of Godliness (Part 7) – The Real Thing
As we look at case after case of evil people disguised with an appearance of godliness, I wanted to insert this refreshing case of the real thing. True godliness. It is found in the book of Ruth and there, in...
Continue ReadingAn Appearance of Godliness (Part 7) – The Real ThingA Central Scripture on the Evil of Killing the Unborn
Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (5) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”...
Continue ReadingA Central Scripture on the Evil of Killing the UnbornThe Law Wrongly Used Only Promotes Sin
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. (1 Corinthians 15:56) For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear...
Continue ReadingThe Law Wrongly Used Only Promotes SinThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and False
This past week my wife and I were driving up the interstate when we saw a large billboard that said: Real Christians Forgive Like Jesus The sign also included a Scripture reference, Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,...
Continue ReadingThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and FalseA Common Accusation Made by Evildoers Against the Righteous
1Co 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Isa 28:13 And the word of...
Continue ReadingA Common Accusation Made by Evildoers Against the RighteousYou Cannot Discern Good from Evil if You are still a Baby in Diapers
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in...
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