But cursed is the [cheating] deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows to offer it, yet sacrifices to the [sovereign] Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and My name is terrible and to be [reverently] feared among the nations. – Malachi… Continue reading Is your living sacrifice the best it can be?
Category: Basics of Faith
Don’t twist God’s words to ease your conscience. It won’t get you anywhere.
Her prophets are light [lacking truth, gravity, and steadiness] and men of treachery; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; [defrauding God and man by pretending their own word is God’s word] they have done violence to the law. – Zephaniah 3:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) As we start out the New Year, we ought to make… Continue reading Don’t twist God’s words to ease your conscience. It won’t get you anywhere.
Who has control over God’s work in your life?
Behold…the just shall live by his faith. – Habakkuk 2:4, KJV Many people miss the fact that God’s people of the Old Testament, just like God’s people of the New Testament, were to live their lives by faith. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines “faith” as “strong belief or trust in someone or something.”* So, it follows,… Continue reading Who has control over God’s work in your life?
Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. – Luke 2:14, KJV Bullets were flying from trench to trench, and during the months since the war began, nearly 1 million lives had perished. Though many had thought the war would last only a few weeks, most understood by December… Continue reading Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
Beware of making an idol out of God.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. – Micah 3:11, KJV We must be wary lest we make an idol out… Continue reading Beware of making an idol out of God.
God didn’t make everyone to meditate in the same way.
…you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may…make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success…- Joshua 1:8, Amplified Bible, AMP According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary,* the word “meditation” has the following meanings: to engage in contemplation or reflection to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one’s… Continue reading God didn’t make everyone to meditate in the same way.
Beware of DVTs of the soul.
But Paul did not think it best to have along with them the one who had quit and deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. – Acts 15:38, Amplified Bible (AMP) In May 2011, 20-year old Chris Staniforth of Great Britain died from a deep vein thrombosis that… Continue reading Beware of DVTs of the soul.
When you’re hungry, God doesn’t recommend eating the wind.
Ephraim herds and feeds on the wind… – Hosea 12:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have a cat named Toby. Toby is a lot of fun to be around, but there is one thing he does that is absolutely hilarious. Every now and then, he likes to roughhouse. Unfortunately, he’s an only cat, so when he… Continue reading When you’re hungry, God doesn’t recommend eating the wind.
It’s all for nought if you leave your first love.
I know your industry…But I have this [one charge to make] against you…[you have deserted Me, your first love]. – Revelation 2: 2, 4, Amplified Bible (AMP) From time to time we need to be reminded of the trappings of the church of Ephesus. In Revelation 2, God praised the church for the following, admirable… Continue reading It’s all for nought if you leave your first love.
Is it time for a good termite treatment?
Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith…For certain men have crept in stealthily – Jude 1:3-4, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is an old saying:… Continue reading Is it time for a good termite treatment?