Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Faith Counted As Righteousness
Circa 2000 BC: And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith. Genesis 15:6 NLT Circa 57 AD: Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in...
The Verklempt Continuum
Eternal Life
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3 NASB 2020 It is the 11th hour in the Passion of Christ. Jesus and the Disciples have just celebrated the last legitimate Passover feast to ever be...
Homeward
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV Holiness is a spark from God's hesed love, kindled to a flame in my heart by the Holy Spirit, and so...
What Is Man?
In the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts hangs a painting by Paul Gauguin. Gauguin considered the frieze-like canvas the finest achievement of his career. In the upper left hand corner of the painting, Gauguin inscribed the words: "D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où...
The Fruit Of Surrender
"Abide in Me, and I will abide in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you abide in Me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For...
Living Vertically
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV Surrender is exchanging a horizontal view of life, where we merely bump into people and circumstances,...
Why God Gives Us Tomorrow
Be very careful, then, how you live; not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17, Adapted "Why does God lengthen our days in the land of the living? Is...
Unshakable
Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping Him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire. Hebrews 12:28–29 NLT Through the saving work of Jesus Christ, Believers have been made citizens of the...
We Have Only Just Begun
Now all glory to God who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to do exceedingly abundantly more than we would ever dare to ask, hope or dream for. May He be given glory forever and ever through endless ages because of His master plan of salvation for...
The Three Ages Of Man
The three ages of man: Youth. Middle-Age. "You're looking good."
The Fear Of The Lord
Great are the works of the Lord; they are studied by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, and His righteousness endures forever. He has caused His wonders to be remembered. The Lord is gracious and compassionate. He has given food to those who...
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
"I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing." Paul, Galatians 2:21 CSB If you could earn it, why did He die? Righteousness comes either through the law (human performance) or by God’s grace through...
God And Caesar
And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21 NKJV Life is much simpler when we keep first things first: God's authority above all, and man's authority wherever it does not require...
Advancing Confidently in Christ
Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 ESV American poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) once observed, “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...
The Moral Law
God requires obedience to His revealed will, as codified in the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments. This divine standard governs our relationship with God and our relationship with others: Our Duty to God: You must not have any other god but Me. You must not make for...
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV, Romans 11:6...
Obedience
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB When you take God seriously, He will bless you for it. So no matter what He instructs you to do...
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