Faith in God and the blessings He has given us in Messiah brings a true heart, full assurance of faith and a clean conscience. “… let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews … [Read more…]
Conform to this world is the enchantment of the heathen. It’s roots in sorcery are not apparent to many Christians. It is becoming readily apparent that the many chants of political correctness require conformity to this world. Yet, primarily for popularity and monetary reasons, many church leaders have succumbed to the wants of people who … [Read more…]
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”✡ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a … [Read more…]
God has called you and me into His kingdom and glory to walk holy, sanctified before Him. He has made you and me holy, sanctified ones, saints. In your walk with the Lord, sanctified before Him, you live as one whose body is a temple of God. You speak the truth in love. You love … [Read more…]
Being spiritually useful and productive glorifies the name of our Lord Jesus in us. Not only that, we are glorified in him. Paul actually prayed that for the Thessalonians and us. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill … [Read more…]
Stand up for Jesus! Ye soldiers of the cross. The Lord was putting that edifying and encouraging Hymn on my heart. I often sang it with the Lutheran congregation I grew up with from 1939 to 1957. It was written by George Duffield, Jr. (1818-1888) in 1858. He was inspired to write this text after … [Read more…]
That those who respected the LORD is from one of my favorite portions of God’s Word given to God’s old covenant people. It concludes the Old Testament in Malachi chapters 3 and 4 and gives us immense things of the kingdom to ponder. For, we are to walk before the Lord in righteousness, peace and … [Read more…]
We walk worthy of our calling when we put on our regenerated being God creates when we are born again. We are born again when we repent from the ways of the flesh and are baptized, as Peter instructed the Jews who were born again on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2:38-39) Repent means turn away … [Read more…]
One of the rich blessings God our Father has bestowed upon us is our ability to see spiritual things. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah. Ephesians 1:3 (Rev 7:10) When we believed in Messiah, we … [Read more…]
The good pleasure of goodness is a blessing of God that motivates us to be useful and productive in things of eternal importance. We find spiritual meaning and purpose in our life in Messiah Jesus, doing what God motivates us to do. When God blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Messiah … [Read more…]