By My Spirit saith The Lord

Zech 4.6,7 – This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof...

Religion without devotion

The material in quotes in today’s blog is actually taken from the notes of The Reformation Heritage Bible on Zechariah 7 that I was reading this morning. I couldn’t say it any better. “Perfunctory religious rituals without a genuine heart for the...

Free!

Webster tells us that the word “free” means to be at liberty, no longer enslaved.  What a beautiful picture of the Christian life!  Jesus Christ indeed makes His people free (John 8:32-36).  Three times in Romans 5 (verses 15,16,18) we are told that eternal life is a...

Trusting in God

Psalm 2.12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. There is a serious lack of trust in our world today. Every area of our lives, be it political, financial or even spiritual, is suffering from an absence of absolute trust. Because of the uncertainty of...

Purified unto Himself

Titus 2.14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Please note, beloved, that prior to our call to good works, we find that Jesus gave Himself for us that we might be...

Is God's glory threatened by human responsibility?

Proverbs 25.28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. God is not threatened by mankind’s ability to exercise discipline. We were created by God with the ability to choose life and not the knowledge of good...