In Malachi the priests are reminded of the example of Levi who “revered Me and stood in awe of My name.” Levi honored God’s name by being upright and righteous in his ways. Malachi says, “6True instruction was in his… Read More ›
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MAKE YOUR SERVICE TO THE LORD
“…was it actually for Me that you fasted?” Zech7:5 This question by the LORD implied that the fasting and service by these people who professed to follow God was not done for God. They said they wept in fifth month… Read More ›
WHAT IS PROPER AND PRODUCTIVE TO PREACH SIN?
I heard once that preaching should be positive and not negative. And following this sentiment, many have decided that the death of Jesus and the subject of sin should not be the subject of Sunday sermons. I think this is… Read More ›
HAVE WE MOURNED OUR SINS?
Zechariah, contemporary to Zerubbabel and Joshua in the 6th century BC, prophesied the following: 10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they… Read More ›
TIME TO BE SILENT AND LISTEN TO GOD, Habakkuk 2:20
18“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, [Or] an image, a teacher of falsehood? For [its] maker trusts in his [own] handiwork When he fashions speechless idols. 19″Woe to him who says to a [piece of]… Read More ›
GOD WILL PUNISH THE GUILTY – GOOD NEWS
“And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.” – Nahum 1:3. The Scriptures tell us we are all guilty of sin. Romans says “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God”, and Isaiah the… Read More ›
ALL MANKIND WORSHIPS EITHER YAHWEH OF THE BIBLE OR AN IDOL
Idolatry is a grievous sin. To bow to something, anything other than God is idolatry and is an insult against God. Bow to an idol and you say to God, “I do not believe in you, I do not submit… Read More ›
SEEKING TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE WORLD? ” For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” 1 Jn 3:1b The world has suppressed the truth of God in unrighteousness, Rom 1:18. It has… Read More ›
GOD WILL MAKE YOU SMALL TO THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW
“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised.” – Obadiah 1:2 God has a problem with Edom, the brother of Jacob, who has been proud and mean. Proud of their own impregnable strength and mean… Read More ›
YOU BURDEN GOD AND GOD WILL BURDEN YOU
The following verse says, “13 “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.” It’s pretty serious when your actions put a burden on God. To the people who would compromise the… Read More ›