Lessons in the Word

God is Constant and Solid

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17 God does not give us evil giftsHis will is perfect and righteous and trueHe does not change Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and […]

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Measuring Up

Do you ever try to judge yourself?That is scriptural, we are supposed to examine ourselves.Though our human thoughts cannot always weigh things correctly. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 1 Corinthians 11:31 This word judge in Scripture signifies all parts of judgment, examining, accusing, condemning, & here it signifies accusing ourselves, condemning

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Untwisting God’s Word

Jesus told us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. That leaven is hypocrisy. That leaven is super spirituality or self-righteousness. Those religious leaders hated Jesus’ teachings. They contested them by using their own metrics and applying them to Jesus. We still have those who evaluate the Word of God by

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Pleasing God versus Pleasing People

Pleasing God versus Pleasing PeopleThe person could be ourselves. No matter who, no matter why, if we put a human opinion above God’s opinion, we are in an unhealthy spiritual place. What we see, what we hear, takes precedence sometimes over what the Lordhas commanded us. People often give us instant gratification.They have excellent reasons

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Proverbs 7 verses 13-27 Commentary

Proverbs 7 is about adultery, about a person who is fooled by sin. This woman in Proverbs 7 represents sin and not just adultery.Sin makes a stench to God.The greater the sin, the bigger the stench.It starts with lust of the worldly pleasures.Most people don’t notice how damaging sin is until they are deeply captivated.

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Spring Up O Well Within My Soul

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Proverbs 5:15-17 So many people do not seek the Lord for teachings, for understanding of the word. They would rather

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