We know that Jesus came to “save His people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). We know that Jesus “gave Himself for our sins” and “died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:3). We know that Jesus “bore our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Pet. 2:24). Perhaps we’ve heard that so much that we’ve allowed the…

On the waterways, each operator is responsible for his vessel and everything about his vessel (what’s in it, where it goes, what it does, etc.). On the roadways, each driver is responsible for his vehicle (or vessel) and everything about his vehicle (what’s in it, where it goes, what it does, etc.). On the pathways of life, each person is responsible for…

As the tide of opinions shifts around us, Christians may be tempted to “go with the flow.” When people are watering down righteousness, it’s certainly easier sometimes to go along with them than it is to swim against the current. Then, when people go from watering down righteousness to trampling it underfoot and seeking to crush anyone who holds to those godly…

Young Samuel found himself in a tough position. The Lord revealed to him that He was going to bring punishment upon the house of Eli for the iniquity of his sons, which Eli allowed to go unrestrained. The next morning, Eli asked Samuel what the Lord spoke to him. At his mentor’s bidding, “Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him”…

Do you know any mean people? Has anyone been mean to you lately? Doesn’t it just stink and ruin your day when people are mean to you? Next question: Are you ever mean to others? I’m not talking about being firm or standing by your  convictions or exercising proper discipline. I’m talking about being downright and unjustifiably mean to someone. God tells…

How would you like to live in a place where sin cannot permeate (Rev. 21:27; 1 Pet. 1:4), where nothing is subject to decay (1 Pet. 1:4), where newness and bright colors never fade (1 Pet. 1:4), where there is no pain or death (Rev. 21:4), where there is no sorrow or crying (Rev. 21:4), where there is no night (Rev. 22:5),…

What a scene it must have been when Jesus was “transfigured” before His three closest friends, and “His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light” (Matt. 17:2). Peter saw and heard three equals having a conversation on that mountain–Moses, Elijah and Jesus (17:3-4), but the Lord wanted the disciples to know that there is no…

Every dedicated father loves his children dearly and will seek to do and to give those things that will benefit his children the most. Jesus talked about how a loving father would never give his child a stone if the child asked for bread, or give him a serpent if he asked for a fish. Jesus then made His point, “If you…