Humility and Healing

James 5:16  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Pride is the enemy of genuine fellowship and healing. Pride refuses to confess any weakness or easily...

You Cannot Serve God And Self

Jesus gave us this principle that is basic for anyone in the kingdom of God.  The Scripture teaches us that self-will is something with which each of us must contend.  We have a tendency to have an inflated view of ourselves.  When a person is living for self, he...

The Call Of The Gospel

Paul told the Thessalonian believers that they were called by the gospel.  The gospel means “good news”, and was the message given by the angel to the shepherds outside Bethlehem.  Notice that this good news is for all people and the source of great...

The Tragedy Of A Hard Heart

In Mark, we have an account of a man in the synagogue on the Sabbath day, with a withered hand.  Note carefully that the attention of the crowd was not on the man with the withered hand, but on our Lord Jesus Christ.  According to their interpretation of the word of...

The Holy Spirit Of Promise

The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a person and is very actively involved in our lives.  In fact, we would not be Christians if it hadn’t been for the Spirit’s conviction, and we would not have a guarantee of our inheritance if it weren’t for...