The Old Testament Levites were called by God to serve the Lord in his tabernacle. Now, God’s children have all…
We consider 1 Cor. 13, the charity chapter. Faith and love are very commonly connected in scripture. Faith is the…
Every 50th year in the Jewish law was a year of jubilee, all debts were forgiven, all servants were freed,…
We see from 1st Peter the purification of the Spirit is not the means by which we are born again,…
Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the Old Testament Sabbath rest. While it is still good practice to set aside…
We return to 1st Peter ch. 1, and examine the evidences of the new birth that are often confused with…
In the law, we see the beautiful picture of the ability to redeem both land and a deceased husband’s wife…
As we consider 1 Peter 1:15-23, we consider that we are only God’s children by his choice and election, not…
In the Old Testament law, there is much emphasis on remaining faithful to God’s pattern for marriage and proper sexual…
Reading from the book What Shall We Say Then? we consider the different parts and aspects of salvation. Not every…
There was no more clear picture of the “unclean” nature of the sinner than the leper. They had to be…
Reading from the book What Shall We Say Then? we consider the different parts and aspects of salvation. Not every…
In the Levitical law, God appointed 6 cities of refuge to protect the innocent man from the avenger of blood.…
At the arrival of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth’s home, after she professes Mary’s child in her womb to be…
As we look at Jesus Christ in the Mosaic law, we see that Jesus perfectly followed and fulfilled the ten…
Scripture gives us pictures of God through descriptions in human terms, even though God is a Spirit. We can see…
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees who put confidence in the law for salvation to search the Old Testament law for actually…
As we consider the pattern of Paul in the new birth, we see a drastic, powerful change from our former…
The shield of faith is one of our greatest defenses in the kingdom of God. While we might view other…
As Paul is the pattern of believers, we find that through the term “we”, Paul knew that God loved him…
Arguably the greatest defense we have against Satan in our spiritual warfare is our offensive weapons of God’s word and…
God introduced the Apostle Paul as the “pattern” for other believers to examine and follow. In what way was Paul…
It is an exciting spiritual thought to know that God has sent and ordained angels to fight on the behalf…
One of the most powerful aspects of our good confession of faith is knowing when to be silent. A “silent…
One of the most exciting and blessed defenses that God has provided for his people in our spiritual warfare is…
One aspect of our good confession and testimony is being a good citizen and praying for our leaders. We consider…
It is so comforting to know the scriptural truth that God has a providential hedge around his children that Satan…
We consider more examples from the scriptures of a good confession in our lives. Jesus Christ set the standard for…
Satan is a wily adversary and can tempt us with pride to think we are better than others. We can…
We follow the pattern of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate who made a good confession. We need to profess a…
Satan has many devices that he uses to tempt God’s people to sin that we consider together. The devil will…
Arguably the most blessed “nevertheless” in scripture is the certainty of God’s faithfulness to his children despite our failings. Even…
One of Satan’s most effective tactics has always been to corrupt God’s word, corrupt truth, and promote a “false gospel”.…
We are thankful for God interjecting himself into the ruin of man to change the course of the narrative and…
If we are going to be successful to withstand the wiles of Satan, we need to be aware of his…
Thankfully, we serve a loving and gracious Father that loves us despite our many sins. In spite of our mistakes,…
In addition to all our external enemies in our spiritual warfare, arguably our greatest enemy is internal – our sinful…
This world is not our friend. This fallen world system apart from God hated Jesus Christ for shining his Light…
As we consider our enemies in our spiritual warfare of faith, one of the greatest persecutors of God’s people has…
King Saul tried to portray his own opinion and his own tradition as the commandment of God. We are prone…
As we consider our enemies in the spiritual warfare of faith, there are many devils and unclean spirits that tempt…
We find the error of King Saul when he ignored the ordained order of God to take upon himself the…
We need to know who our enemies are to fight well in our spiritual warfare of faith. We continue to…
When we examine the life of King Saul, it should be a sobering reminder that if we do not protect…
If we are going to be successful in our spiritual warfare, we need to have a good battle plan and…
As we examine the life of King Saul, first we see the evidences that Saul was a child of God.…
In the midst of our spiritual warfare, we need to understand our true enemy. Our real enemy is not flesh…
We are in need of God’s grace in every area of our life. Our natural heart and motives are wicked…
We consider the reality of spiritual and angelic warfare that goes on around every day that we cannot see. Satan…
We are even dependent upon God’s indispensable grace to understand many spiritual truths. We need God’s grace for greater spiritual…
God’s people are engaged in spiritual warfare with the devil and the world every single day. To be successful in…
We need God’s grace every day to providentially protect us from evil men and all their devices in this world.…