Live a noble life noble life among the people of the world. “Dear friends, I urge you, as guests and strangers in the world: Refuse to do what the body wants, because its appetites fight against the soul. Live a noble life among the people of the world, that instead of accusing you of doing … [Read more…]
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them.” Jesus spoke those words to Jews who did not believe he was the promised Messiah. Here’s the context: 22 It was the Feast of Hanukkah* at Jerusalem. 23 It was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s … [Read more…]
We are lively stones for God, living, active, quick, sprightly. “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:5 KJV Lively stone are built up as God’s home in the spirit. Paul contrasts the Old Testament … [Read more…]
Marriage harmony is glorious. To walk worthy of God in marriage takes help from God our Father, Messiah Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit. When our marriage is harmonious, it brings glory to God. In just 11 verses, Paul sets forth the role of the wife and husband. 22 Married women, submit to your … [Read more…]
Stand against the Left’s worldview through you faith in Messiah Jesus. The Lefts worldview is big enough to accommodate all works of the flesh (Gal 5:19-21), declare them right according to their worldview and demand the right to practice them with impunity. The Left obviously considers the works of the flesh to be politically correct … [Read more…]
Amorality Erodes Civility because it lacks moral restraints. Amoral behavior began becoming socially acceptable in America in the late 1940’s. We do not have to look far to see the extremes to which is now has gone. Amorality begins when people determine for themselves what is right in their own eyes and claim their right … [Read more…]
Walking worthy of God in good works is what God created us to do. “For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them” (Eph 2:10). Anything we do that is motivated by the love God pours into our hearts by His Spirit … [Read more…]
Godly family and work relationships reflect and are a major part of body of Christ relationships in which we are built up together. When family relationships are harmonious, they bring glory to God. Our heavenly Father, from whom every group in heaven and on earth gets the name of family, has blessed us with the … [Read more…]
We who believe the gospel can expect retaliation from the worldly. That statement is illustrated by the experience of the Bereans and our own with the worldly. The brothers [and sisters] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were … [Read more…]