Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28 KJV) Jesus gives an open invitation to anyone that is laboring and carrying heavy loads to come to Him and receive rest. What was Jesus talking about in this verse? First, we should realize He uses Read More
The Law
No more strangers and foreigners
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God (Ephesians 2:19, KJV) Paul was the Apostle of the Gentiles, and his ministry was no easy task. In the Old Testament era, the world before God was spiritually divided into two groups: Jews and non-Jews Read More
Yet Lackest Thou One Thing
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me (Luke 18:22 KJV) A devoted Jewish man met Jesus one day and asked Him, “Good Master, what shall I Read More
New Wine in New Bottles
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles (Mark 2:22, KJV) The disciples of John and the Pharisees brought up a complaint to Jesus one day Read More
When Religion Erodes Our Relationship with God
And thou Beth-lehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel (Matthew 2:6, KJV) There is a monster that seeks to erode our relationship with God called the religious spirit amongst us, the believers. I Read More
O Foolish Galatians!
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? (Galatians 3:1, KJV 1900) The Apostle Paul rebuked the Galatians with the stern words above “o foolish Galatians, who had bewitched you.” This is one of the most Read More
The Number One Enemy of Grace
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better (Lk. 5:39 KJV) What is the most ferocious enemy of the grace of God? Is it sin? Well, sin is the easiest thing for grace to handle. The antidote of sin is grace. All a man needs to Read More
Law And Grace Have Two Distinct Intentions
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? (Jn. 8:4-5 KJV) The scripture above gives us one of the many documented battles between law and grace. The Pharisees had just caught a Read More