Jesus said that you would know people by their fruit. In other words, what comes out of them will indicate what is in them. If the godly fruit of good works habitually comes out of them, then we can suspect that God is in them and that they are saved. But if the ungodly fruit…
How many words over the course of your life do you think you have heard or read from the Bible? I bet it’s a bunch. But when you and I stand before God, that is not the question we will be asked. God is not as concerned with how much of His Word we have…
Somebody once wrote that the only thing that stays the same is it everything changes. That’s certainly true in the sphere of creation. All around us, things are always changing. The weather changes. The economy changes. The landscape changes. You and I change. If we were to pull out our baby pictures, it would be…
We often hear that we should not boast, but really, that is just a half truth. According to the Bible, It’s not that you boast that’s the issue, but what you boast in. We read in James 1:9–11, “Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a…
Who is the wisest person you know? Wouldn’t you like to be like them? Wisdom is the ability to know what’s best to do in a situation. Wouldn’t you like to be wiser? Well, Scripture says that you can be. We read in James 1 that “if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask…
Good morning on this fine Wednesday! Have you looked at your calendar to see what’s on your agenda for today? If you are Christian, I know one thing that should be on there: the Great Commission. Did you know that you have been commissioned? We read in Matthew 28 that after Jesus’ resurrection, He gathered…
Lo, in the grave He lay Jesus, my Savior Waiting the coming the day Jesus, my Lord After Jesus was crucified to death on Friday, before the Sabbath began at dusk, they placed Him in a tomb that had been hewn in a rock hillside and rolled a huge stone over the entrance to secure…
In Matthew 27, Pontius Pilate turned Jesus over to begin the long and terrible journey to the cross, where he would die. First, Jesus was given to the Roman soldiers to be scourged. As one study Bible says, quote “Roman flogging was a horrifically, cruel punishment. Those condemned to it were tied to a post and beaten with a leather whip that…
One day, Jesus told his 12 disciples that some of them would soon see him coming in the glory of his kingdom, and just six days later Peter, James, and John got to experience what most believe Jesus was talking about, what’s called His transfiguration. He led them up on a high mountain, and there Jesus was transfigured before them. His face…
Are you a follower of Jesus Christ? The telltale sign is whether or not you are carrying his cross with you. You see, Jesus tells us in Matthew 16, that that’s a requirement for his followers. Just as he carried his cross to the crucifixion, we must carry our cross. In other words, we must crucify our fleshly desires if we are…