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…

Our Disease

Scripture Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins. ~Ecclesiastes 7:20, NLT Quote Sin is the most terrible, the most devastating, disease in the universe. ~William Franklin Graham {Personal Peace, p.12} If you think everyone admires Billy Graham, think again. Some moron posted this on the internet…BillyGraham was a red-baiting, fear-mongering,…

A Spiritual Virus

Scripture Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within. ~Psalm 31:10, NLT Quote Sin is like a virus: it has invaded our body and drains our moral and spiritual strength. ~Billy Graham I passed a church sign the other day that read: “Sin is like a credit card: have fun now, pay later.”…

Faultless Before The Throne

Scripture Yet now He {God} has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He {God} has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault. ~Colossians 1:22, NLT Quote The LORD’s assessment of who…

Chain Breaker

Scripture He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; He snapped their chains. ~Psalm 107:14, NLT Quote There is power in the name of Jesus: To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain! ~Will Reagan I don’t really understand it, but the older I get, the more claustrophobic I become. I don’t like…

Greed Is Not Your Friend

Scripture The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. ~Luke 15:12, NLT Quote I was greedy for another persons loss. ~Augustine {My Confessions, Book II, 9.17} In his youth Augustine ran with a company of…

The Tale Of Two Sisters

Scripture “Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother. They became prostitutes in Egypt. ~Ezekiel 23:2, NLT Quote The devil is a master at hiding the consequences of sin. ~Ya’akov Gambling is a tax on the poor and ignorant. People who gamble ignore the odds. Some of them are…

The Immanuel Principle

Scripture “Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. ~Isaiah 45:22, NKJV Quote We overcome the absence by the presence of the opposite. ~Jonathan Cahn Salvation, at least in the present, is not the absence of sin, it is the presence of God.…