What do you think when you hear or read non-believers tell someone that their thoughts are with them? Do you think that does anyone any good? I don’t. David in Psalm 17:1 calls out to God: Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of…
Posts Tagged: Repentance
Acts 8:15 – Not Yet Fallen
he issue of how the Holy Spirit works is one that many have contended for years. I get it that people read the Scriptures in different ways and come up with interpretations at odds with each other. Still, it seems to me that when we use some logic in certain passages, that should give us…
2 Chronicles 32:7 – More With Us
Today, I’d like to make two points from our reading that are, perhaps, more related than they appear on the surface. The first has to do with King Hezekiah’s faith; the second deals with his son Manasseh and his relationship to God. Hezekiah is considered one of the most righteous kings of Judah with all…
1 Chronicles 29:3 – Giving To the House of God
It should be patently obvious to all Christians that God wants us to give to, i.e. sow into, His kingdom. We do this through our tithes and offerings. This is not a law or a strict command, rather it’s something we should want to do from our hearts. God seeks those who freely give and…
2 Kings 10:16 – Faltering Zeal
It seems as if some people who start out well in serving the Lord continue in their zeal for Him, whereas others fall away. How and why they turn is certainly a complicated dynamic. We see this in the account of Jehu. Back when Elijah was prophet over Israel, Yahweh had given him Word that…
Luke 3:8 – Fruits of Repentance
Without repentance, there is no salvation. Paul in 2 Corinthians 7:10 tells us: For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. Accompanying repentance, one who experiences this 180 degree turning, or change of mind (Greek: metanoia), should first have Godly grief. Why? Because this kind of…