Conditions

Colossians 1:1-2 (NIV) 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.   I have often made the statement that the promises in...

Judge Me

Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,      according to my integrity, O Most High. Psalm 7:8b (NIV) Being judged is not most peoples’ idea of a good time.  In fact, we often do everything we can to avoid being judged.  And we have found pretty...

Consequences

20 The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.  21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, 22 not one of the men who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert...

Scattered

Acts 8:1b (NIV) 1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. On the same day that Stephen was stoned, a huge persecution against the Church broke out in...

God Alone

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.  You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:2-3 (NIV) The Israelites, when the came out of Egypt, were not the monotheistic people that the patriarchs were.  It had...

Job’s Faithfulness

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. Job 23:12 (NIV)  Job, as part of his defense against the accusations of sin by his friends, gives us this verse to show how truly he has followed the...