The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (Isaiah 1:1 KJV) Isaiah the Prophet saw prophetic visions concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Hebrews 1:1 teaches us that God spoke to the prophets in different manners. That is, Read More
Understanding Man
The two tablets of the human heart
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (2 Corinthians 3:3 ESV) What a glorious description of the work of the Spirit in our hearts! There is Read More
Living according to the flesh
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit(Romans 8:5 ESV) Paul describes a classic feature that distinguishes carnal(fleshly) Christians from those who are spiritual. He says those who live Read More
As in water face answered to face
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. (Proverbs 27:19 KJV) I did mention this year is a year of preparation of the heart. The next obvious question is: what are we preparing our hearts for? The answer is simple: for the glory of God that is already here Read More
What are the works of the flesh
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions (Galatians 5:19–20 ESV) Paul gives us an extensive, yet not an exhaustive list of the works of the flesh in the famous passage above in Gal. 5:19-21. It is an awesome list Read More
The blessing of our freewill
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat (Genesis 2:16 KJV) Freedom is a gift from God to every human being. He created us to be free moral agents. That freedom is expressed in our capacity to choose or make decisions based on what we Read More
What is your spiritual life or walk?
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20 KJV) What do we call our spiritual life? It Read More
The mind and spiritual life
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3 KJV) Many of us do not recognize the crucial and central role our minds play in our spiritual life. One of the significant contributors to this problem is the teaching that man is a spirit Read More