God knew coveting a neighbor’s servant, ox, or wife was a stepping stone to ungratefulness and discontentment – even lying, stealing, murder, and adultery. Focusing on what others have diminishes our ability t
It’s also interesting that when the third servant returns his money, he accuses the master of being a hard man who reaps where he did not sow (Matthew 25:24). Since Jesus was the son of God and therefore had a right to the kingship he claimed, we can’t accuse him of stealing wh...
What Bible verse would you point to to prove that any human being has the moral authority to take money from other people by force or threats of violence ("taxation") and use that money to fund acts of vengeance?What Bible verse would you point to to prove that any human being has a...
Read Chapter 21 of my book on the rapture of the church. See link below. What did Jesus mean when he warned the following: 2 Thessalonians 2:11"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:" This verse comes in the context of discussing those...
Then John drops this on us, verse 7: 7 Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: yes, even those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes! Amen. The long narrative portion of John’s vision hasn’t even begun, and thi...
that they did not even know about (verse 5, 11-12). In Numbers 16 the families of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram died with them for those men’s sins.[36]In 2 Samuel 21, God sent three years of famine on Israel and refused to grant prayers on behalf of the land (verse 14). When...
The thousand-year period is not literal, just like the thousand in the following verse is not literal either: “For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.” Psalm 50:10 The word thousand in these instances means many or a great amount. The cattle on the th...
The point was that God is powerful enough to handle everything while you sleep. Mark 4 is a chapter that talks a lot about faith. The chapter ends with the disciples and Jesus in a furious storm threatening to sink their boat. The crazy part is that Jesus was asleep in the stern (...
We teach kids to memorize the books of the Bible in order, as well as chapter and verse numbers for passages they are learning—all these are manmade orders and lists. Why do we do this? Because we don’t just want our kids to know God’s words and ideas; we want them to have ...
Sometimes, maybe a lot of times, it looks to us as if God’s a No-Show with some of the promises that we’ve prayed to Him about. It looks like God’s not going to keep His promise. But, instead of God being the problem, could it be we’ve not received the promise because we...