For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. (v. 14) All of us understand how hard it is to resist temptation. For years and years, we have been held captive by Read more…
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. (5-6) Sometimes when a parent punishes a child, they will say, Read more…
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. (1-2) It is important to remember that Jesus lived in Read more…
But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it Read more…
And some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.” Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, Read more…
“…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (v. 21) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the Read more…
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the Lord. People will stagger from Read more…
Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. (v. 12) Ezekiel is another of those prophets, like Jeremiah, who prophesied just before Read more…
In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her treasures that were hers since the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the adversary and no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, Read more…
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen now, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to remove you Read more…