…first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. (Matthew 5:24) No matter who is responsible for a severed relationship—and often both sides bear some guilt—it’s essential to reconcile before going to God in worship. But even if you have nothing against the other person and the fault lies entirely with them, you should […]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. (1 Peter 1:3-4). “Reserved for heaven […]

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 14:26) Briefly let me run over in my mind, and in your minds too, the characteristics of this glorious […]

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart fails me. (Psalm 40:12) In the more advanced stages of the Christian life, we find much into the experience of […]

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (Acts 7:59-60) Certain tender hearts are not only surprised, but daunted and grieved by the world’s […]

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” (John 15:18) Jesus Wasn’t Popular With The World And Neither Will You Be For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Apprising Ministries have warning about the growing infestation within evangelicalism of critical thinking skills-numbing corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM). […]

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20) Many people today—and sadly, more and more within the church—have redefined biblical concepts to fit their own human perspectives. Like the scribes and Pharisees, religionists know they can’t match God righteousness, so they […]

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness […]

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:19) The New Testament presents a paradox concerning God’s law. On one hand, it is abolished, on the […]

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:7-8) The difficulty all along has been to get to the end of you, for when a man gets to the end of himself, he has […]