“You are the salt of the earth….” Matthew 5:13 As the people on the mount with the Lord heard Him explain that those who live Godly lives are the salt of the earth, another use of salt would have come to their mind. In Biblical days food needed to be preserved. Without refrigerators the common way to preserve food… Continue reading 11-5-24: Preservative Salt
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11-4-24: Salt of the Earth – II
“You are the salt of the earth….” Matthew 5:13 The Lord tells the audience at the Sermon on the Mount that those who live the Godly life, the blessed life of the beatitudes, that they are to be the salt of the earth. As the Lord says the words certain thoughts about the uses of… Continue reading 11-4-24: Salt of the Earth – II
11-3-24: Salt of the Earth
“You are the salt of the earth….”Matthew 5:13 The Lord has just finished the introduction, the Beatitudes, in His Sermon on the Mount. He described fully for His listeners what true belief in God is like. He ended the Beatitude section by telling His listeners that those who live this way will be persecuted by… Continue reading 11-3-24: Salt of the Earth
11-2-24: The Refiner of Silver
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who… Continue reading 11-2-24: The Refiner of Silver
11-1-24: Only 7 Years Away
“Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received… Continue reading 11-1-24: Only 7 Years Away
10-31-24: Quickly
“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” I Corinthians 15:51-52 In I Corinthians 15 Paul reveals… Continue reading 10-31-24: Quickly
10-30-24: False Revival
“You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name, but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom… Continue reading 10-30-24: False Revival
10-29-24: Proof That God Exists?
“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen not made out of things that are visible…And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that He rewardsthose who seek him.” Hebrews… Continue reading 10-29-24: Proof That God Exists?
10-28-24: The Heavens Show That God Exists
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” Psalm 19:1-2 “He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.” Psalm 147:4 Paul tells us in Romans 1 that men can see God’s attributes in His creation and thereby know there is a divine… Continue reading 10-28-24: The Heavens Show That God Exists
10-27-24: Willful Ignorance
“For this they are willfully ignorant: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.” 2 Peter 3:5-6 Over and over in Scripture we read the words, “He who has… Continue reading 10-27-24: Willful Ignorance