New wine in old bags (Lk.5:37) This is the age of innovation. Everything new has to be good and superior. It reminds me of the efficiency expert. When he died and six men carried him off, he raised himself up...
November 2006 Archives
A Parable on Weeds The parable on weeds fits our nation like a glove (Mt.13:24-30). Jesus had the “Kingdom of Heaven” in mind, but the facts apply to any nation that was founded doing what is right. A farmer sowed...
Purpose What am I here for? The popular view is that I am here to glorify and serve God. What kind of service does God in heaven need? The answer is, none! Instead, His creation and His image or man...
Judging: John the Elder wrote: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit; but test the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (I Jn.4:1). Was the elder judging or was he discerning?...
My TRIP to Heaven In my dream, I was privileged to travel to the Celestial World of Heaven. It was an inter-terrestrial experience that defied all human imagination. The trip itself was faster than a flash of lightning. I was...
Divine Limitation: If God has all the power, why then does He limit Himself? According to our human reasoning, far too many things occur where God should intervene, halt or even alter the outcome. It is apparent that man has...
Jesus on Faith: Any time we are being asked to define faith, we turn to Hebrews eleven. The chapter also lists a number of heroes. It should be of interest to us that Jesus used a different criterion to define...
Conscience One of my granddaughters complained: “Grandpa, you hurt my feelings.” What had I said that hurt her? Actually, I awakened her conscience. I merely tried to help her see that what she had said to me, in the first...
Predestination Predestination is a belief that some were chosen to be saved before the world began and some to be condemned. The belief has been modified by faith and grace and it has been given a new coat of eternal...
Born Again It was to Nicodemus, an impeccable person, to whom Jesus said, “Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (Jn.3:1-21). Nicodemus did not understand Jesus, what makes us think we do? First, Jesus...
Love Intoxication. Intoxication renders a human unable to function rationally physically and morally. It is self-induced by drugs, passion and a host of things. By far the worst intoxication is a fanatical ideology or religion that insists that everyone must...
Kingdom Jesus announced that the Kingdom of God was at hand (Mk.1:14).What did He mean? The Psalmist wrote, “The earth is the Lord's and everything in it; the world and all who live in it” (Ps.24:1). When Jesus was being...
Divine Proximity A friend in trouble asked for prayer. In her request she assumed that I was close to the Lord and that He would hear me. My answer was, “You are just as close to the Lord as I...
Love is threefold. It is love for the self, the neighbor and for God (Lk. 10:27). Love for the self must precede all other love. We have given it a bad rap by labeling it as being egotistic, selfish...
