“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
This well-known commandment makes it very clear what our responsibility is when it comes to assembling with the saints. Faithful attendance is a direct command and we should desire to gather together with those of like precious faith to worship…
Christians are familiar with the responsibility of parents to bring up their children “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Eph.6:4). As a result of their love for the Lord and their children, many are very conscientious in this area. And, many are ultimately rewarded with godly, mature, devoted offspring.
On the other hand, there are godly parents who do exactly as described and get the opposite results. It’s tragic, heartbreaking and discouraging.
The discouragement is often…
“I am the Good Shepherd…and I know My sheep… I call My sheep by name …and they hear My voice … and they follow Me because they know My voice… I am the Good Shepherd and I know My own and My own know Me even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep” (John 10).
This scripture reminds us how much the Good Shepherd,…
There is a tendency in man to disregard God's government in preference for personal autonomy (auto--self; nomos, rule). He wants to rule himself–without interruptions. Illustrations of the fact are numerous. You see them everywhere, on bumper stickers, in magazines and newspapers, everywhere. Perhaps the most all-inclusive statement of it is seen in this generation's proclivity to “do your own thing,” or “it’s my life, I can handle it!”
Jeremiah sounded the warning. so did Solomon. Jeremiah said, “...it is not in man that walketh…
The Bible is unique in all the literature of the world. There are several things that set it apart from any human literary production.
It is inspired. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that the Scriptures are “God-breathed.” God breathed them out through His Holy Spirit. He has also breathed Himself into them, so that the Bible is a living thing (Hebrews 4:12) imbued with God’s own thoughts.
In some ways it is like other books. It communicates like other…
The Bible is perennial. It never has to be renewed and revised since it is pertinent to any age and applicable to any culture. It says the same thing to a nation with a Socialist government as to a free Democratic society. In fact, the Bible is so fixed by God that it will tolerate no change and condemns any effort to alter it in any way (II John 9-11).
The Bible is primarily for persons. Everything in it is intended to speak…
“Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one” (Eph. 6:16).
Here, Paul alludes to the great oblong, semi cylindrical shield, or scutum, used by the Roman soldiers, which not only covered the whole front body, but also could protect them on the sides. For us, this unique shield of faith, when used with dexterity, will help us to cover up all the other parts of our armor as…
By Leslie Diestelkamp
