REVELATION AND ILLUMINATION
No born-again Christian will deny that the Bible is God’s divinely inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word. Many can even quote the verses that call it God-breathed, useful for training in righteousness, alive, active, and sharper than a double-edged sword. But for most believers, it remains a difficult book to read, let alone study in-depth for […]
GAZING UPON THE BEAUTY OF THE INVISIBLE GOD
In Psalm 27:4 King David candidly shares a particular request he has made of God: One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to meditate […]
CLEAN AND DIRTY FEAR
Psalm 19:9 says: “The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever.” That’s an odd statement because it evokes the question: if there is “clean fear,” does “dirty fear” exist as well? The short answer is: Yes, it does – and it’s important for our attitude towards God to know the difference. The fear of […]
HACKING ALERT
Dear subscribers! This morning I received a message via the Contact Form on my blog that I had been hacked and that my subscriber list had been extracted so it can be sold elsewhere. The e-mailer demanded $3,000 in Bitcoin to undo the action. I believe this to be a scam, but out of an […]
EZRA’S FAST
Ezra was a descendant of Aaron living in Babylonia among the Jewish exiles during the reign of Artaxerxes, the 3rd in a succession of kings who were moved by God to issue decrees enabling the rebuilding of Jerusalem and her temple, around 520 BC. The rebuilding of the temple under Zerubbabel and Jeshua the High […]
HOLINESS BY THE CROSS OF CHRIST
Last week we paused and remember the sacrifice of Christ for our sins. He bought our holiness with His blood. So, it is fitting that we close this series by looking at the significance of His death, how it was foreshadowed by the sacrifices for sin in the times of the Tabernacle and the Temple, […]
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
There is no doubt: doing our part in letting the Holy Spirit sanctify us is a struggle, especially in our consumer-driven, media-saturated, fast-paced culture that relentlessly assaults our ability to be still and constantly appeals to the desires of our flesh. Listen to the lesson below about our fight against the flesh, the world, and […]
WORKING OUT WHAT GOD WORKS IN US PART 2
Last week, we covered God’s role in our sanctification and the first two of our three-part role in working out what He works in us. This week, we cover the third part: consecration, and how it expresses itself in obedience. Listen to the audio of the lesson, then meditate on the verses listed below and […]
WORKING OUT WHAT GOD WORKS IN YOU
In this two-part lesson, we take a closer look at God’s part and our part in the life-long process of sanctification. Listen to the audio recording of the lesson and scroll down for some passages of Scripture to ponder and questions to reflect on! Our texts for further study: Philippians 2:12,13Romans 8: 11 and 29John […]
BEING HOLY AND BEING MADE HOLY
In this week’s lesson, we look at the state of holiness God confers on us once we have been made righteous in Christ, and how that differs from the lifelong process of being made holy, which we call “sanctification.” Listen to the audio recording below, then take some time to look up the Scripture verses […]