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I recently listened to a sermon and heard the preacher say something that really got me to thinking about the clichés we use at church. The cliché he mentioned was “a personal relationship with Jesus.” This cliché has become the most widely used metaphor to encapsulate a person’s faith in Christ. People are invited to have “a …
“…herein do I exercise myself…” — Acts 24:26 For most people if they want to be successful in some pursuit they must receive a certain amount of training. To be a successful teacher, parent, pianist, pastor, soul winner, mechanic, engineer, pilot, manager, athlete, etc. requires some training in that field. The same is true in …
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. —1 Corinthians 10:31 I recently heard an evangelist make this profound statement: “It is God who decides if or when He is glorified.” What a heavy and convicting truth! Consider King Saul. Saul probably thought he was glorifying …
“Whom do men say that I the Son of Man am?” —Matthew 16:13 This question shows Jesus was interested in what people believed about Him. People’s opinion about who Jesus is was a concern He had. And people’s opinion of who you are should be a concern to you also. You may be able recall …
“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave” — Job 21:13 “In a moment shall they die…” — Job 34:20 The Bible speaks of men who died suddenly—Job’s children (Job 1:18-19) and King Herod (Acts 12:21-23). I remember the day my father died of a heart attack in …
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: —1 Peter 1:6 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. —1 Peter 4:10 In the Peter’s first epistle he …