Posts Categorized: Sin

Acts 13:11 – Mist and Darkness Fell Upon Him

If you’ve read the book of Revelation, one of the questions that may have come to mind is: How do the persecutors know certain people have turned to Christ? There are three sets of martyrs in Revelation. What is it that points to these new believers, i.e. those who have come to the Lord following…

Job 28:20 – From Where Does Wisdom Come?

Why does wisdom seem so elusive?  There is so much knowledge in the world, but smart people appear devoid of wisdom.  Man has extensive capabilities to discover the unknown, yet common sense is a rarity.  What are we to make of that? Job provided the answer in one of his monologues to his friends.  Although…

Job 21:7 – Why Do the Wicked…

Life is full of mysteries.  There are things that happen all around us for which there are seemingly no answers.  We observe them and wonder, “What in the world… ?”  In our questioning, we might also ask, “What could God possibly be thinking to allow that?”  Whatever that is.  Job, who was so beset by…

Job 19:29 – Wrath Brings Punishment

In the midst of Job’s travails, he said many profound things.  He was suffering from Satan unleashing an ungodly amount of hardship upon him, and he rightly had trouble dealing with it.  He asked God why He was punishing him on one hand; then on the other he professed confidence that the Lord was just…

Acts 7:54 – They Ground Their Teeth

An anti-God spirit runs deep throughout the world.  It is true that each human being made in the image of God has what some have termed “a God-shaped hole” in his heart, and the one who fills it with the love of Christ will receive abundantly over and above what he expects.  However, there is…

Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 6-23-21: Marx & Satan

Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 6-23-21: Marx & Satan, Then & Now Throughout the world we’re seeing an unprecedented rise in the implementation of communist ideology. You may think communism is limited to places like China, Cuba, or Venezuela, but that perspective is nearsighted. For today’s Prophecy Update, I wanted to give a little background on…