This wisdom from above comes from a heart desiring to please God, not man. The wisdom God gives has several characteristics. It is pure, meaning free of the defilements mentioned. It is peaceable, namely, peace loving, peace-practicing, and peace-yielding. It is...
Here we are told to carefully examine our motives and reasons for all we do because the Lord sure does. Our natural tendency is to justify all we do, but often we are wrong for doing this. David prayed in Psalm 139:23-24 that God would examine His heart and show...
1 Peter 1:24 is a quotation from Isaiah 40:6-8 that expresses the passing of everything away except the Word of God. All eventually goes away and disappears but not His living and abiding word. It not only will not pass away but neither do those to whom it gives...
1 Peter 2:2-3 Peter urges those who are Christians to desire the milk of the word which can either be Christ or the word of God itself. Either way we are to long for and develop an appetite for the things of God, especially for Christ and His word which teaches us...
As Christians we ought to obey the laws of the land because the Bible tells us to unless it violates Christian principles that are specifically spelled out, or our conscience based on Biblical guidelines. We are free in Christ in the sense that we have been set...
Timothy needed to be cautious when choosing church leaders as we do also whenever that need arises. Seems like most churches today when looking for a leader or head pastor look for the person who has all the degrees and leadership skills that would make for a good...
Timothy was feeling the temptation to modify his message and to quit preaching it. So Paul exhorts him to continue in what you have been doing with the trust in God and love for the people which Jesus Christ supplies. God has been faithful to Timothy and he must...
Apparently a storm was approaching as Elihu was speaking to Job. In the East, you can see a storm brewing miles away and watch as it approaches. What was Elihu’s response to the roar of the storm? First the storm reminded him of God’s sovereignty and God’s...
Too many people nowadays are reading into the scriptures, reading them as less than literal, and looking way too far into scriptures to make it say what it doesn’t say. THE KEY IS SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. These rules say it all. If you are not reading the...
Paul is emphasizing how important all Scripture is to Timothy’s ministry and all ministry. There is no part of the Bible that is not needed. If it had been God would not have included it in the finished and complete Bible that is His word to us on how to live. It...
