Opening Thoughts: First off I wanted to take just a brief moment to admonish you all to dive into your Bibles. I can think of no greater treasure that we have been given on this side of eternity, outside of salvation through Christ Himself, than God's Word. How many people are currently busy running around trying to hear a word from God by way of prophecy or teachers? Yet, much of the time they can't be bothered to even crack open their Bibles. Let us study to show ourselves approved. Don't just take my word for it, if you're not already doing it, please get in there yourself and study. God's will for your life is revealed in its pages. Main Text: Luke 12:4-7 ESV ... “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is … [Read more...]
Guilty of Good Works
Matthew 28:11-15 Every Verse Counts I'm finally coming up on the final few verses in the gospel of Matthew after spending the past year reading/studying in this book. There are a couple of reasons why it's taken so long to plow through only twenty eight chapters, the first being the undeniable truth that ALL Scripture is God breathed, and therefore NONE of it should be dismissed, skimmed over, thought irrelevant, or taken lightly. I mean, if God is responsible for every last word/story in the Bible (which 2 Tim.3:16 gives him credit) then everything is in there for a TIMELESS purpose, right? 1 Peter 1:25 says "the word of the Lord remains forever", so that tells us that it was written for all the ages, and nothing in it is out of date. I personally don't want to miss the message God is speaking through each and every verse because I'm on a strict "read through the Bible in a year" program. My second reason for my lengthy stay in Matthew is, admittedly, my own human shortcomings. … [Read more...]