“You may have some good thoughts, and I concede the right for you to have your own thoughts, but if I’m being honest, I want you to know that your thoughts are not as good as my thoughts, and if you were truly wise and insightful, you would come to think about things the way I do.” Have you ever thought something…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 81)
On the day that Christ returns (i.e., “the last day”), all of the dead will be raised at the same time (John 5:28-29) and all people will be removed from the earth (1 Thess. 4:16-17). At that time, the Bible plainly teaches that this material planet, and everything in it, will be destroyed by fire. However, some teach today that the earth…
Where do you place the greatest emphasis in your life? It is so very easy to get focused on things from a human perspective and allow our focus to get off of eternal things that are of the utmost importance to God. This happens even when we don’t realize it. The apostle Peter was a spiritual man. He was a follower of Christ and was…
Did you ever use little wooden blocks when you were a kid to build things (maybe like a house)? Was there any difference in your construction project if you tried to build it on a hard floor (like tile) versus on the carpet? Of course there was! What if you tried to build it on the bed? That was even worse than the carpet! You learned as…
So much is going to happen on the day that Christ returns that it just thrills the soul to meditate upon it. Some early Christians became concerned that their brethren who had died before Christ returned were going to miss out somehow on Christ’s return (1 Thess. 4:13-15). The Scripture assures that the dead are certainly not going to miss anything on…
What would be the worst thing ever to have around your neck? In Matthew 18:6, Jesus talked about a person having “a millstone…hung around his neck.” These types of stones were so large that they had to be turned by a beast of burden, particularly a donkey or mule. Think about having that tied around your neck and thrown overboard “in the depth of the…
Luke’s account of the gospel gives us a glimpse into the discussion on the mount of transfiguration that we do not have in the other accounts. Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus and “spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem” (Luke 9:31). The Greek word for “decease” is the word “exodos.” Jesus had just predicted His death (9:22), and these…
The second coming of Christ is a subject that ought to thrill your soul! Have you played out in your mind what that day is going to look like and what is going to happen? There is much about that day which we do not know, but there is also much that we do know. Over these next several articles, let us…