But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Jude 8-10 Independence from the Word of God leads to Spiritual Immorality, Independence from the Authority of God leads to Spiritual Arrogance, and Independence from the Spirit of God leads to Spiritual…
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 3 What you believe determines how you behave. Our beliefs affect us relationally, morally, financially and spiritually.…
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus has been preaching a…
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 Wow! Jesus pulls no punches. How is our righteousness supposed to exceed that of the experts? How are we supposed to live holy and perfect lives? Jesus gives us six examples…
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, John 5:39 Jesus didn’t just bring a cross to reconcile us to God, but He brought a distinctly different kingdom from the world we live in. Jesus isn’t just a point in…
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. Jonah 3:10 Jonah, known as the reluctant prophet, begins to go into Ninevah and does God’s work. Our God is a God…