Mr. Vine continues with further help as to meekness: “The common assumption is that when a man is meek it is because he cannot help himself; but the Lord was ‘meek’ because He had the infinite resources of God at His command. Described negatively, meekness is the opposite to self-ass...
What wonderful promises, from Jesus Himself! I’ve done a lot of living since COVID arrived on the scene. I would have rather not gotten sick, but I did, and God is healing me. Eventually, all of us who are physically alive now and who also have eternal life will die physically from...
“…No man can of himself cast out the evil throng that have taken possession of the heart.Only Christ can cleanse the soul temple. But He will not force an entrance.He comes not into the heart as to the temple of old; but He says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if...
We believers in Christ have been saved to serve; the One who saved us is the Slave of God, and He reproduces Himself into us for us to be slaves of the Lord and of the saints. Peter, Paul, John, and the apostles were slaves of God and servants of the saints, seeking to minister...
this new cult into the world…. Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they were all brothers one of another, from the moment they were converted…. They deny the Greek gods and worship that crucified sophist himself and live under his laws. (The Death of Peregrine, 11-13)...
Yet if I choose the unnatural and deny myself, what then? What if I choose the narrow path (the ancient paths) and accept things that are unfair? “Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and ...
"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23) Though Paul didn't actually have to fight the beasts in Ephesus -- an experience he would not have survived -- that may have been a real threat at some point (cf. 2 ...
(3) You have embraced a form of Godliness – things that may look and feel like love for me, but are not. In so doing, you deny the power of my authentic love working in and through you. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lov...
While one must never in any way minimize the tender, loving nature of the Son of God, it is a gross perversion of Bible doctrine to deny that he will judge his enemies (Luke 19:14, 27).ConclusionJesus himself taught that a correct belief concerning his identity is crucial. “[E]xcept...
I do not deny them that state of suffering, but we are called to a different response as Christians. We are not to lash out, strike back, or seek to make others feel our pain, so that they might suffer as we suffer. We are shown first by Jesus himself that his response to ...