Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6, KJV) The Apostle Paul was confident about the truth that the God who started to work out good things in the lives of the Philippians will continue the Read More
Understanding God
The permissive will of God
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them (1 Sam. 8:7 ESV). The concept of the permissive will of God has been used to describe God’s permission to Read More
I will, be thou clean
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed (Matthew 8:3, KJV) We began a mini-series yesterday on the will of God. I discussed how important it is for us to know God’s will for our lives. Furthermore, I began discussing the misconceptions Read More
Lord, if You will
And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean” (Matthew 8:2, ESV) As Jesus descended from the Mountain where He had just preached the great sermon on the Mount, a man with leprosy came to Him and said: “Lord, if you will, you Read More
The manifestation of God
For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us (1 John 1:2, KJV) God has to be manifested for us to perceive Him. John gives us an astonishing revelation of Jesus in 1 John Read More
Greater love hath no man than this
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13, KJV) Jesus teaches us about the depth of His love using common language we can understand above. He says there is no greater way a man can show his love than to lay down his life Read More
Created to commune with God
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden (Genesis 3:8, KJV) God came down into Eden(presence) and communed( talked with) Adam and Eve. This Read More
Knowing and believing the love of God
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him (1 John 4:16, KJV) One of the most important things for you to know and believe as a Child of God is the Father’s love for Read More