Everything. God’s essence is love, and we are made in His image. (see 1Jo 4:8 and Gen 1:26-27). Therefore our redeemed nature God intends is that we love both Him and one another. He emphasizes this when Jesus instructs, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul […]
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Illumination in a biblical context is defined as spiritual or intellectual enlightenment. More simply, it is light given by God to overcome the darkness of sin that blinds the world. God would have us see His perfect truth rather than be deceived by the lies of Satan. Jesus, before he ascended to heaven, promised a
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Martians in H. G. Well’s classic science fiction novel – since their own planet’s resources were dwindling – invaded Earth seeking to conquer mankind. Killing multitudes with their heat-rays and poisonous “black smoke”, these aliens with their superior technology destroyed human weapons and demolished worldly structures. Ultimately, however, they were defeated by invisible human pathogens
We say, “He nailed it!” when someone does something perfectly. When our Lord came to Earth as fully man yet fully God in the person of Jesus, he “nailed” perfectly the atonement for our sins and gave us unblemished salvation, restoring us to right-standing before God in a way impossible for the Law to accomplish.
Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus was credited with saying (in paraphrase) that change is the only constant. He also said as quoted by Plato that you could not step twice into the same river. Change is life as crafted by God and a trait of His entire creation. We refer to seasons of change, for
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While “stir” has a variety of closely related meanings, I think “to rouse to activity, evoke strong feelings, and to call forth” are most applicable to the intended meaning in these verses. Even as God-loving and God-fearing Christians, it’s quite easy to become complacent and sometimes honestly downright lazy in our relationships toward others. We
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Peter admonishes us to display the attributes of a born-again follower of Jesus. While unity of mind does not mean we all think the same simultaneous thoughts, it instead instructs us to collectively think with the renewed mind of Christ. We are to have pity and feel sorrow when others experience misfortune, loving them as
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Apparently not. Or at least not nearly so often according to a recent study released on May 15th, 2018 by the faith-based research group Barna where they compared current findings with those gathered twenty-five years ago. They found that sharing faith is increasingly optional to Christians, which directly opposes the Great Commission given to believers
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Before Jehoshaphat battled the “great multitude” of Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites in the wilderness of Tekoa, the first thing he did was fast and pray. I urge you to meditate on his prayer in 2 Chronicles 20:6-12. As the text continues, we are reminded the battle is not ours, but the Lord’s.
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Loving neither the world or the things of the world is not a suggestion or merely good advice. It is a command. But why? We read further, For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions – is not from the
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