Hebrews 11:6 – Faith That Pleases God: Lessons From Rebekah
6 But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, God’s objectives for mankind are expressed when individuals act in faith. Genesis 24 provides an account of Abraham tasking Eliezer, the oldest of his household, to seek out a wife for his son Isaac in Mesopotamia, in the city of Nahor [the […]
Malachi 3:6: God’s Unchanging Call to Obedience
Malachi 3:6 [NASB] 6 “For [a]I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, the sons of Jacob, have not come to an end. [Mal. 3:6] Israel left Egypt in 1446 BC and although it is only eleven days’ journey from Horeb (Mount Sinai) by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea, on Canaan’s border, Israel wandered in […]
Luke 4: Fasting, Temptation, and Christ’s Obedience
Luke 4:1-14 [KJV] 4 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan (After being baptised.), and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,2 being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing. Like many of you probably regularly do, I recently fasted for three days. I did […]
Isaiah 35 and the Promise of Living Waters
For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water] and the thirsty ground springs of water; [Verse 6,7]
Matthew 26:40 and the Cost of Time With God
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?
Acts 2 and the Holy Spirit Crossing All Boundaries
The disciples, after being filled with the Holy Spirit, on the Day of Pentecost, began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out clearly and appropriately about the mighty works of God.