Faith to Stand Up to Persecution is a gift from God. Followers of Jesus are mostly persecuted in an impersonal manner. We are constantly publicly disdained for our faith via public media including internet, TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and books. Impersonal persecution is also dealt out by crowds. Hiding in a crowd, Leftist boards, committees, … [Read more…]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DYSFUNCTIONALLY ENABLE OTHERS? “To behave in a manner that facilitates or supports another’s abusive, addictive, or self-destructive behavior.” (Free Dictionary) “Enabling behavior, simply put, shields people from experiencing the full impact and consequences of their behavior. Enabling is different from helping and supporting in that it allows the enabled person … [Read more…]
Teaching, reproof, correction and training in right living is vital to growing up in all ways into Messiah, relating in koinonia and becoming useful and productive in the body of Messiah. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, showing what is wrong, improving and training in right living so that a … [Read more…]
Grace is relational. Truth is relational. Grace and truth come from God our Father and His Son, our Savior, Lord and King, building us together in close relationships in Christ. The grace of God our Father IV. The higher Christian signification, based on the emphasis of freeness in the gift or favor, and, as commonly … [Read more…]
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” Mt 5:43 The rabbis added hate your enemies. It is not in the Bible. See WMB footnote. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as … [Read more…]
Blessed are the meek was spoken by Jesus in the Beatitudes of His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus was quoting from Psalm 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” Being meek is the opposite of sudden anger and vengeance. The meek walk worthy of Messiah … [Read more…]
Seared Conscience Syndrome is exhibited by 26 percent of Americans. It is the cause of in your face, antisocial behavior and it invades our culture. It is left undiagnosed because it is a Pagan mental disease and Doctors don’t use biblical terms to describe it. Pagans do not believe in the God of the Bible. … [Read more…]
Thinking on the things of God builds us up in our faith. In Messiah Jesus, God created His people of faith (Eph 2:10). He made us a new order of creation, one new man (Eph 2:1), quite different from His old covenant people and from pagans. He created us as thinking beings to be to … [Read more…]
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” Colossians 4:6 ISV There, Paul urges us to use proper wisdom and tact in our relation to the heathen. Our speech reflects the light in which we live. We live in the kingdom of … [Read more…]
“I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.” The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified … [Read more…]