Is morality dead? The short answer is no, morality is not dead. We know that to be true because mankind was created in the moral likeness of God. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created heContinue reading “Restoring God’s Image”
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Doing the Unexpected
In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught that love does what is unexpected. “But I say unto you which hear, love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offerContinue reading “Doing the Unexpected”
The Deceit of Pride
Pride is a deceptive resident of every human heart. Paul admonished each of the believers in Rome regarding spiritual gifts “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think” (Romans 12:3). He reiterated that warning of self-deception to the churches of Galatia. “For if a man think himself to be something, whenContinue reading “The Deceit of Pride”
The Temptation of Jesus (Part 2)
We noted previously that the Spirit of God led Jesus into the wilderness following his baptism to be tempted of the devil for forty days. The devil first tempted Christ to turn stone into bread to satisfy his hunger. This seemed a reasonable suggestion since Christ was the Son of God and had the powerContinue reading “The Temptation of Jesus (Part 2)”
We Have Received of His Spirit
Paul speaks of the most remarkable gift to the believer having reminded his audience that the world by its own wisdom could not find out God. To those who have believed the gospel, he assures them “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that weContinue reading “We Have Received of His Spirit”
Walk Before Me…
“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect” (Genesis 17:1). In this brief statement by God, we find important truth that provides fundamental insight into God’s dealing with each of us. First, theContinue reading “Walk Before Me…”
Prophecy or Tongues?
The gift of “tongues” was an important gift found in the early church and necessary for advancing the gospel among different ethnic groups. Tongues in the New Testament has reference to foreign languages unknown or unlearned by the speaker. It would be as if I were able to speak French or German without any instructionContinue reading “Prophecy or Tongues?”
The Working Clothes of Love (Part 3)
We continue to examine Paul’s working definition of love as revealed to him by the Spirit of God and so come to a phrase that should genuinely give us pause. Perhaps, it is because this phrase strike very close to home. He writes that love “seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh noContinue reading “The Working Clothes of Love (Part 3)”
The Working Clothes of Love (Part 2)
In his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul was constrained to speak on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they are to be ministered under the operation of love. That being so, it became necessary for him to spend some time showing what love looked like in its “working clothes.” He continuedContinue reading “The Working Clothes of Love (Part 2)”
The Working Clothes of Love
The concept of love in our modern American society is so very distorted from the truth. It ranges somewhere between the Hollywood version that is nothing more than fleshly lust to the smarmy Kodak version of love we see in television commercials, e.g., a man and a woman walking their dog on the beach inContinue reading “The Working Clothes of Love”
From the Chaplain 