Does the evil and the gathering darkness in the world trouble you? I hope that it does. I pray that the wickedness among men bothers you a lot. If it doesn’t, I have to wonder if you’re awake and are looking at the world through a Biblical, prophetic lens; or if you’re going to church,…
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Psalm 1:1 – Wicked-Sinners-Scoffers
Here we are in the Psalms! Consider the Godly advice we’re given in the initial verse of the very first one. This not only sets the stage for the entire book, but for our lives. If we were to read only this one Psalm, it would provide us guidance and direction and tell us all…
Job 42:3 – Too Wonderful For Me
The ignorance – or rejection – of God and who He is coming from so many in the world today continues to stun me despite my understanding of Biblical history and Scripture’s foretelling of what is to come. Paul spared no sympathies for those who live their lives in such a fashion. In Romans 1:18-23…
Acts 15:20 – Abstinence Instructions
God long ago said that His intention was to redeem all of mankind to Him and that He would use the Jews to eventually do this. When God began working through the evangelistic efforts of the apostles, it seems like it took them by surprise. Apparently, they had forgotten what God had said in this…
Acts 14:9 – Faith To Be Made Well
What is the nature of true faith? How do we know if we really have it or not? What is the way that it manifests? The answer to these questions comes through our text today, plus we see it very clearly in a well-known Old Testament passage. Paul and Barnabas had fled to Lystra from…
Acts 13:27 – Words of the Prophets Fulfilled
Those who do not know God, nor the prophetic nature of His Words, are often more than ignorant. They believe that they operate autonomously from the Lord, i.e. that they are independent and above any connection to Him. Little do they know that they are very wrong. God has certain purposes that must be accomplished…