We Can Be Sure
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Timothy 1:12 So many things in life we can never be sure of. Health is so very fragile. We don’t know when it could fail. The security of a job is rare at best, and we’ve definitely learned lately our day to day can be turned upside down seemingly overnight. However, there are important things that we should never have a moment’s doubt about. We can be sure of a home in...
Read MoreLessons Learned from Little Children
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3-4 While we would never encourage childish behavior, having little kids around has taught me so much in recent years. They have a pureness about them that the Lord Himself instructs us to emulate in Matthew 18. I have often felt that I am learning more from my boys than they are from me. In many ways they are wonderful examples for us to...
Read MoreWhat the Church Doesn’t Have
Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. Romans 16:16 Some of our best lessons in life come from observing a situation and deciding we want no part of it. We recognize the danger of it or how wasteful it could be. The same is true with spiritual matters. Deciding what we don’t want will definitely, in many cases, point us in the right direction. The Church doesn’t have a humanly devised name. I have a former coworker who talked about growing up in a heavily Lutheran community. The Lutherans began around 1517 and wear the name of their founder Martin...
Read MoreTake Heed
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. (James 23:11) As you would probably imagine, with two boys, a common phrase around our home is “Be careful!” and many times Wyatt will respond “I’m always careful” when actually he’s put himself in a situation that unsettles any parent or responsible adult. Many times this same scenario plays out in our spiritual lives. God is warning us through His Word, but are we really taking heed as we should? The phrase take heed appears 64 times in the KJV of the Bible so certainly it is an important matter! We are warned to...
Read MoreWhy I Believe in the Church
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18) Sadly, a lot of folks don’t believe in the Church. They feel it is not essential or that it’s a man made idea rather than accepting the facts of the Bible. We believe in the Church because we believe the Bible and understand that the Church was always in the mind of God (Eph 1:9-11). I believe in the Church because it was prophesied in Daniel 2:44 and here we read it would be a kingdom that would never be destroyed. Christ also...
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