True wisdom comes from God… Everyone should learn to think for themselves. Whether it is accidental or intentional, the absence of knowledge will generally lead to foolish thought or action. Showing misjudgment or stupidity out of a genuine lack of knowledge or personal ignorance is somehow understandable, while foolish actions derived from allegiance to an unrighteous cause, be they for recognition or financial profit, should never be considered moral or justifiable. Selling your soul for any cause or reason that is not Godly can never be considered judicious. The elimination of sound doctrine or reason must always be considered the [Read More…]
Interesting Concept … Even though I must be busy in my service to the Lord, if I am to accomplish His will in my life, I must learn to wait upon Him. My every thought and motivation must come from Him. “And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:3-4). The difficulties in life come from [Read More…]
One would think that problems come before solutions; but, after a moment’s reflection, that may not be the case. When we think about life, from the very beginning we are sure to think about our problems. “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). Life in and of itself is never simple and easy; and, we as mortal beings do not make things any easier. Coming up with solutions to our problems, many times, only seems to leave us more perplexed and dumbfounded; we create more problems than we solve. The only solution that [Read More…]
Security, what is it? Where does it come from? Recently I was given the opportunity to enter the Publisher Clearing House $5,000.00 a week lottery. Having a lot of instances where I could put that money to good use, I was thinking how nice it would be to win such a contest. It seems that there is never enough money to go around and that there are more causes than cures. The house is in need of repairs; and, the family is in want of what they consider, the necessities of life. The church warrants my financial assistance; and it [Read More…]
Whether I am saved and I tell the world about its wonderful God, the One who created it all; or, being lost, I warn them about my empty, unfulfilled life, my recommendation would be the same. Whether I am saved or lost, He is still the best option. Trusting in Him gives my soul true meaning and purpose; it gives me eternal prosperity and the blessed hope of a better day. Without Him I was full of doubt and despair, I was alone and afraid. I had no peace or security, nothing to hold on to, nothing good to [Read More…]
In the process of growing we gain responsibility and knowledge to do what is profitable and good. We learn to accept the truth for what it is and to deal with our failures as stepping stones unto a better way and condition. Circumstances, good or bad, are only the criterion we have been given; they are our starting point, the place of our beginning. They will lead us to a place of truth and prosperity or they will take us down that adverse road of denial and rejection; the choice is ours we are not initially condemned to failure and [Read More…]
The significance of a lie… This evil world strives to take the established things of stability and promise and make them conform to its desires and purpose. Living a lie, its only intent is to take away what is good and to destroy. Knowing it cannot exist in the light of God’s holy Word; it dauntingly seeks to perpetuate its folly through the riotous actions of ungodly man. In evil’s unstoppable passion it seeks to bruise and distort. It takes the evil desires of man mixed with a lie from Hell and maintains that its opinions and actions are justifiable [Read More…]
One day all men will know the truth, whether it is to their eternal glory or to their complete destruction, all men will be given their final reward. That certain truth we have while here on this earth will determine our eternal future. To live an eternal life of glory and praise in a heavenly mansion or to be consumed in a pit of fire for an endless time, the choice is ours the choice is now. We cannot exist without adhering to the truth and to avoid its warnings is to insure our destruction. God’s Word has said that [Read More…]
The word salvation includes the definition of being free from or being safe from total destruction, not having to pay the price for my prior defiance, taking me from a place of hopelessness and placing me in a place of promise. You may think that I am placing someone that is not saved in a place of complete and hopeless despair and you would be right, that is where they really are. The only thing that I would change is that I did not place them in that position it was a place of their own choosing. . Being in [Read More…]
The fool that says there is no God has given up any hope of redemption for God’s personage is the only way of obtaining redemption. If God does not exist than there is no possible way of obtaining forgiveness. So many say that you cannot prove there is a God. If you mean that you will not believe unless you visually see His image, you are right. Proof of God exists in all of His creation and to refuse to accept this fact is total foolishness. The Bible says that if we as man would look upon a holy God [Read More…]