“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…]
In the gospel of the kingdom, practicing repentance and forgiveness among brothers and sisters in the Lord is basic training in following Jesus. A priority in our role as (holy ones) saints in the kingdom is to relate in harmony. God has made all believers kin—His children and heirs. Here, Jesus tells us how to … [Read more…]
Here we will get more of God’s spiritual light through His Word and the Spirit to help us continue to grow up in all things into him who is the head, Messiah (Eph 4:11-16). Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in … [Read more…]
Jesus leads us to speak words of spirit and life. “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life” (John 6:63 NASB). Each of us is called by God our Father to speak words of life, power, edification, exhortation and … [Read more…]
Bask in God’s spiritual light. New creature in Christ, child of God our Father, heir of salvation, brother or sister in the Lord, saint—holy one made holy by the blood of the Lamb, hear what the Holy Spirit says to you. God called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you are a … [Read more…]
Pagans and worldly Christians, often quote only 2 words from Matthew 7:1—“judge not.” Those have probably never read or heard the rest of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7). Jesus came teaching and preaching the gospel of the kingdom (Mt 4:23; 5:1-2). He was speaking to a multitude of Old Covenant Jews who came … [Read more…]
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Jesus 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans. 2 He came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, … [Read more…]
We Christians allow heathen influence to intrude into our lives. Even though Christianity is the largest religion in the world, heathens exert inordinate sinful influence in our cultures. In America, Pew Research identifies 76.9 percent of our population as Christian. Yet, TV, Print, Radio and Internet Media is predominately biased against Christianity. The propaganda put … [Read more…]
Light overcomes darkness. In nature, light displaces darkness. Turn on the light. Darkness is gone. Spiritually, Jesus brings light and displaces darkness. “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 Jesus tells us we are the light … [Read more…]