Loving God’s Word

Scripture  For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.  ~Romans 7:22, NKJV Quote The devil loves sin. It is his nature to take pleasure in sin and in tempting others to sin. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones How simple is the quote above? I don’t think any true believer will take issue…

Can God Weep?

Scripture “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ ~Luke 23:28-29, NLT Quote The true believer will…

Progress

Scripture “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” ~Romans 3:10-12, NLT Quote The Progressive mode of thought consist in assuming that the great permanent miseries in human life must be curable if only we can find…

The Crux Of The Matter

Scripture  For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ~1Corinthians 2:2, LSB Quote The person who gives himself entirely to Christ will never think that he has done too much for Him. ~Henry Scougal What is the crux of the matter? The crux is the essential point in the…

Poor And Needy

Scripture But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my protector; O Yahweh, do not delay. ~Psalm 70:5, LSB Quote The only way to find peace in this world of sin is to wash Jesus’ feet with the tears of our repentance and do it daily. ~Eitan Shishkoff The young…

I Called And No One Answered

Scripture So I will bring disaster upon them—the very things they are afraid of—because no one answered when I called or listened when I spoke. They chose to disobey me and do evil.” ~Isaiah 66:4, GNT Quote I never learned anything while I was talking. ~Robert G. Brechtel June says that I am bad about…

Crossing The Line

Scripture Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress.  ~Jeremiah 11:14, NLT Quote  Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful. ~C.S. Lewis Mickey asks me last night about the sin unto death. It is a…

The Old Sinful Self

Scripture Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. ~Romans 6:5-6, NLT Quote The teachings of…

The Mirror

Scripture For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was. ~James 1:23-24, LSB Quote Most people have a…

Progress

Scripture The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind. ~Ecclesiastes 12:13, LSB Quote Every government consist of mere men and is strictly viewed as makeshift. If it adds to God’s commands, it lies, and it lies…