Luke 9:59-62 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.” Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me… Read More »
Are There Few Who Will Be Saved?
Luke 13:22-23 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the… Read More »
About That Testimony of Yours
Acts 4:15-17 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But so that it… Read More »
I Do
Acts 9:36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. Acts 9:37 But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Acts… Read More »
Disciple Indeed
John 8:30-32 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Verse 30 says that many believed in Him, and it is to… Read More »
Counting Days
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days,That we may gain a heart of wisdom. It seems like for the past three weeks in a row I’ve read in the news that the current oldest person in the world has died, and it’s not the same person over and over. It’s each successive “oldest… Read More »
Willingly Blind
John 12:37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, As we read this statement in verse 37 we become aware of a question that perhaps we had taken for granted, but one that John here expresses and perhaps out of his own incredulousness over the disbelief… Read More »
Flow
Leviticus 27:14 ‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. This is a chapter about pledging vows to God and thus, a chapter about the heart… Read More »
If We Love Them
John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. Jesus reminds us that before the world was, He was. Jesus was God and yet in His earthly ministry, He was veiled so that to the world He looked like just another… Read More »
Jesus’ Joy
John 17:13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. We gain wonderful knowledge in this out loud prayer of Jesus and because of this knowledge we can take joy. God never intended for Christians to be prudes, to be… Read More »
