Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. Christ’s birthday may not be Dec. 25 but it is as good as any day to celebrate the Incarnation of the King. Don’t you think? And whether you have Christmas lights or trees that is irrelevant. A long as you can center the celebration on God’s gift of His Son. And how about this season we choose to emphasize the incarnation over commercialization? Choose simple gifts over lavishly expensive gifts. In the First Century some… by eating meat that was sacrificed to idols thought they would be indulging in “pagan worship” as ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent. It is the season historically set aside by the Church to help believers prepare to receive the fullness of Jesus coming. By Jesus ‘coming’ Advent refers both to Jesus Incarnation and His return as the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. During this time my prayer is that we reflect on the God of the Scriptures who is a holy God. Hopefully, we see a big God instead of a [small god] who we may think his sole concern is to make us feel good and to be happy (based only on our circumsta...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. You must agree that we are living in a time when God has allowed his children to go through the furnace. God is sending the world a message. Mankind is not in control. Because He loves us our Father will remove anything that we’ve trusted -instead of Him- until we ultimately seek security only in Him. Our God being loving and long suffering has allowed our nation to go through long and distinct periods of time that has shown a disrespect for our Lord. In the pre-modern era people had a high view of the Bible. Prayer was in school. The Ten Commandmen...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Many people do not know the difference between right and wrong because their consciences are seared. To Timothy Paul wrote, “Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. These people are hypocrites and their consciences are dead.” There is an event that took place in (Acts 13:6-12) A sorcerer or evil person name Bar-jesus had a strong influence over the governor of a little town called Paphos.. The word said “He...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Paul killed Christians. He hated the people of God. Then one day he met Christ and he was changed. He became an Apostle. He helped build and taught and preached at churches that had many questions and many problems. He wrote the Epistles (thirteen books of the NT). Was life a bed of roses when he served Christ? No and No again. One of the churches he ministered to was in Corinth. That church was involved in immorality, incest, doctrines of demons, gossip, division and rebellious attitudes. Paul was attacked verbally. Some haters in the church told lies ab...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We as Christians are called to “contend for the faith that once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.” (Jude 1). We are also told “in the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.” (Jude 18). In the OT God appointed prophets as spiritual watchmen over the souls of His people, in Ezek. 33:7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel so hear the word I speak and give...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We are called to be dead to sin and alive to Christ. Paul said in Romans 6:12-14, “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master because you are not under law but under grace.” What would cause those of us who are saved stray from follow...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Our world is playing out Romans 1:28 “and since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a debased mind to do those things which are not proper.” This is what God said He will do in the last days. He gives them over to a reprobated mind where people live like… up is down, black is white and evil is good. We have witnessed in the last year or two our major leaders engage in the most delusional thinking imaginable. But because we know who Christ is and our faith is in Christ alone; we have a biblical perspective and ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. God told us in II Cor. 6:17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate.” God told the Israelites after coming out of Egypt in Lev.20:8 “Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord who makes you holy.” Why did the Lord tell this to the people? Leviticus is a manual of regulations that God, the holy King, had given to the people of his kingdom for setting up his earthly throne among them. It explains how the Israelites are to be the Lord’s Holy people and are to worship him in a holy manner for His purpose, His serv...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. As you are aware of there is a growing hostility in our culture toward truth which comes from the Lord our Savior. We have seen our leaders dominate and tyrannize our society. During this season, we can only focus on God and his promises and not our obstacles and remain faithful. 2 Cor. 13:8 says, “for we cannot do anything against the truth but only for the truth”. Recall the story of Joshua and Caleb in the Book of Numbers Chapter 13 and 14. The Lord said to Moses “send some men to explore the land of Canaan which I am giving to the Is...
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