You will know them by their fruits … every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Mat 7:16a, 17b The type of fruit that a fruit tree will bear is inevitable; it will only produce the fruit belonging to that type of tree. We have a cherry tree in our […]
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time (1 Pet 5:6) This is a very short and simple verse, but, the message it contains is both deep and remarkably broad. It gives a command to their readers to humble themselves. We are used to the idea […]
The letters of the New Testament often start with a description of what Christ accomplished on the cross. They continue on to explain what this means for us and how He has given us, among other things, a new heart and the Holy Spirit. But the writers never stop there! They expect that the glorious […]
Eze 43:7a And [the Lord] said to [Ezekiel], “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings […]
Eph 6:9 And you, masters, do the same things to [bondservants], giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. Col 4:1 Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. There is a wonderful equality […]
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The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. (Luk 1:35b) One of the central stories of Christmas is the visit of the angel Gabriel to Mary, where he informs her […]
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Eph 6:5-7 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and […]