Yesterday we discussed the heathen and their vain imaginations. A Christian’s work is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Not in Vain Yesterday we…
Raging heathen are all around. They do not like God or the things of God. Psalms 2:1 – Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Raging Heathen Raging heathen are all around. They do not like God or the things of God. They do not like to talk about the…
The time is come that we as God’s people must be ready for judgment. The place is God’s house, the church. 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not…
Only upright praise is true praise. There is a lot that goes on in the name of praise and worship that has very little to do with true praise. Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. True Praise Only upright praise is true praise.…
Are you not ashamed of God? You should not be. Do you have delight in God’s laws and let others know that you enjoy being a Christian? Psalms 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Not Ashamed Are you not ashamed of God? You should not be.…
When there is an accident or construction ahead, sometimes it is necessary to redirect traffic. Psalms 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Construction Ahead When there is an accident or construction ahead, sometimes it is necessary to redirect traffic. God often needs to redirect us when it is necessary…
Learning things in the dark you never learn in the day is a famous saying of Vance Havner. 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: Learning things in the dark you never learn in the day is…
Godly wisdom from heaven on high will produce fruit in the Christian’s life. Worldly wisdom will boast and brag of itself. James 3:17 – But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Godly wisdom…
Keeping precepts is an important part of the Christian life. We need to be diligent about it our they will slip away. Psalms 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Keeping precepts is an important part of the Christian life. We need to be diligent about it our they will slip away.…
Following your own spirit can get you into trouble like it did the false prophets in Ezekiel’s time. You need to do right and not what you feel, think or heart says is right. You need to follow God’s Spirit, God’s Word and God’s Man. Ezekiel 13:3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the…
The purging of our guilt and sin is found in the blood of Christ, mercy and truth. Our heart and mind is cleared from the unwanted feelings, memories and condition of sin by the blood. Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.…
The Christian life has seasons. A hard winter causes trees to become hardy and strong. They also die. So it is with the Christian. 1 Peter 1:6-7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more…
Living by faith often means not knowing where you are going. We need to live a life of faith by obeying God. Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.…
Belief in God will get you through the troubles and trials of life. The Word of God has the answers to life’s problems if we would only believe them and put them into action. It is quite competent to believe, even in the duller and darker frames of the mind; for belief does not look inwardly…