Ecclesiasticus 3:23 “Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.” ‘Matters’ is a lofty word. Pompous people like to throw this word around because it’s fancy sounding. Pastors down here like to use it a lot. With internet, we have a hundred times the matter content that […]
Resistance
Romans13:2 “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God” ‘Resistance’ has many meanings, like the word ‘power’. ‘Resisting power’ as a phrase has even more interpretations. Sure, authorities are power, as some translations suggest. We shouldn’t resist our president nor the police if we are followers of Christ. We are to obey our […]
If
Deuteronomy 28:1IF thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: IF is a word used 1,595 times in the KJV/if/conjunction (introducing […]
Patience
Galatians 5: 22-23 ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law’Berean Study Bible Words are thought containers. They are designed to bundle up a bunch of useless letters (individually), put them together and send them as a thought (idea) […]
Truth
——espanol abajo—— Ephesians 4:15 “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, evenChrist:” Missionary-ville is a small town. I have a european missionary friend over the years. He would always kind of embarrass me because wherever he went he would get upset and yell at people. Like […]
Perfect
—— español abajo—— MATTHEW 5:48 BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT.: THIS ISN’T AN OPTIONAL STATEMENT. Jesus said ‘be perfect’, it’s a commandment. I always said as an excuse, *until now*, THAT NO ONE’S PERFECT. But Jesus commands us to be perfect. That means it’s possible. Jesus also […]
Babies
—— español abajo—— 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: I LOVE BABIES! I remember that the moment I went from darkness to light. The first thing I noticed with my new nature was that my ‘new man’ loved babies. My ‘old man’, myself before I […]
Worthy = Worth It
—— español abajo—— MATTHEW 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. Have you ever been invited to a house and sensed that you weren’t welcome? It’s not a nice situation to be in. Sometimes it’s because the host *or his wife* doesn’t think […]
Witness
Learning to WITNESS is #7 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Acts 1:8 “But ye shall RECEIVE POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and YE SHALL BE WITNESSESUNTO ME . . .” I think of Perry Mason every time I hear the word witness. *aging myself, […]
Give
GIVE! Learning to GIVE is #6 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, So I was told the other day that if I am not teaching the Bible in some Bible school […]