What are you living for? What is the goal and purpose of your life? If you are a Christian, your life belongs to God and you should be living for His purposes. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for […]

Today’s short story (Luke 19:1-10) reveals once more the heart of God to seek and save the lost. There is so much to learn from this text. There is a lesson on God’s heart of love. There is a lesson that Jesus knows and seeks out individual sinners and calls them by name. There is […]

Some of the greatest evidence for the divine inspiration and reliability of the Bible is Bible prophecy. This is especially true when it comes to the fulfilled prophecies about the Messiah. Today we will look at a few of them. TODAY’S TEXT: Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, […]

Today’s Bible text is a very familiar story to many. But when we read our bibles with open hearts there are always new things the Holy Spirit wants to teach us. May God speak personally to your heart today as we learn new lessons from an old story… Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, […]

What qualifies a person for heaven? Who gets in and who gets restricted? We have learned from Jesus that the expectations and qualifications of the world are usually just the opposite of the expectations and qualifications of God. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you […]

Also, He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were RIGHTEOUS, and DESPISED OTHERS:” (Luke 18:9) Jesus is about to expose self-righteous people with a parable. “Self-righteous” people think that they are good enough to stand before God. They trust in their own goodness to find favor with God and get […]

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my […]

This question arose from a question asked of Jesus by the Pharisees. It was actually a cynical question because Jesus claimed to be the Messiah and in the pharisee’s mind, the Messiah was supposed to usher in God’s Eternal Kingdom. (Daniel 7:13-14; Isaiah 9:7) In essence, the Pharisees were asking, “So Jesus, when are you […]

Today’s text touches on several important themes. But the one overall theme is the Kingdom of God. What will God’s kingdom look like? When will it come? As we study the scriptures, we discover that most questions like this have layers of answers and cannot be answered simply. For instance, the Old Testament promised that […]

It is all connected you know. Christian love, forgiveness and faith are intimately woven together. The Christian faith is all about Jesus. But Jesus is all about love and forgiveness and faith in Him. If you have faith in Jesus, you will embrace and obey His teachings. And He definitely teaches us to love one […]