“Honor thy father and thy mother.” Most of us have, or had, a mother who was ideal in many ways and is/was greatly loved, appreciated and respected. However, if there is a history of bitterness, abuse, or grudges between you and your mother, it may seem impossible to honor someone who has hurt you so deeply. But God’s plan for families requires you to accept His order of society, and you are to a…

By Oswald Chambers, @ My Utmost for His Highest (utmost.org) For we live by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians 5:7 At times, we are conscious of receiving God’s attentions; we feel the light of his inspiration shining upon us, and we delight to do his will. But when he begins to use us in ways we don’t like, putting us to work at tasks that seem lowly or unimportant, we take on a pathetic…

Sin was not part of the original creation, nor was it decreed by the Creator’s will. Evil is not a created thing—it is not a creature and has no independent being. Evil has no standard as goodness does; it is a lack, a deficiency, a falling short of the standard of God’s perfect goodness. All sin, no matter how trivial it may seem, falls short of moral perfection. God is always consistent with Hi…

MISSING THE TARGET BY STEVE HERZIG FriendsofIsrael.org We believe that sin is anything that does not conform to the character and nature of God. We believe that all mankind sinned in Adam, the head of the human race, and that each human being has a sin nature and also has committed personal sin. So reads The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry’s doctrinal statement. Sin entered the world through Ad…

Compiled from the writings of Oswald Chambers “Devotions for a Deeper Life” “And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” 1 John 2:2. Sin is not merely immorality. Sin is deeper, more massive, more awful. Sin reflects a disposition that refuses to let God rule. We are playing fools around the Cross of Christ to think that Jesus came jus…

No one truly preaches the Gospel unless they preach Jesus and the resurrection. Wherever the disciples went, they preached that Christ died for our sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again, that is, He returned to life, on the third day, according to the Scriptures. There is no Biblical connection between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the common modern traditions related to Easter…

Palm Sunday is the day in which Christians observe the triumphal entry of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, into Jerusalem. Jesus at last allowed the people to openly recognize Him as their King and their awaited Messiah. Jesus is fulfilling prophecy. The animal on which He rode was the one the kings of Israel rode when they came in peace; and Zechariah’s prophecy had foretold that the coming of…

The verses are about a love story between King Solomon and his beloved. The imagery of Jesus and the love He has for His bride, the Church, can be seen as the Son is gazing through the lattice in Spring when all is in bloom. “My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away” is a beautiful reminder of the future day when Jesus comes for His church, and the Marriage…

By Daniel E. Woodhead @theologyinperspective.com John 4:7-9 “7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” (KJV)…

Authored by Tim Moore for Harbingers Daily What is the next thing you are looking forward to? The wedding of a child? The birth of another grandchild (as my wife and I are anticipating in April)? A long-anticipated trip or family gathering? All of those blessed events are bound to inspire eager anticipation. But the best thing that Christians throughout the Church Age have awaited with great exci…

By S. Michael Houdmann @gotquestions.org The tribulation is a future seven-year period when God will finish His discipline of Israel and finalize His judgment of the unbelieving world. The church, comprised of all who have trusted in the person and work of the Lord Jesus, will not be present during the tribulation (Got Questions Ministries takes a pretribulational approach to eschatology). The ch…

By Oswald Chambers @utmost.org They said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” —Exodus 20:19 We don’t consciously and deliberately disobey God— we simply don’t listen to Him. God has given His commands to us, but we pay no attention to them— not because of willful disobedience, but because we do not truly love and respect Him. “If you l…