ascended into heaven and is now on the right-hand side of God listening to this prayer. I open up the door of my heart and I invite You in, Lord Jesus. Thank you, God, for saving my soul and I vow to serve you with all my heart which is the first and greatest commandment. ...
That’s why Jesus, when asked to identify God’s greatest commandment, quoted an ancient Hebrew text: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). On a different occasion, He connected the dots ...
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about...
I don’t wish for any of my brothers and sisters to ever hear Him say, “I do not know you.”, yet scripture states that some unfortunately will. (Personally I pray every night that I will not be one of those that do.) But He also poses the question, “Will I find faith?” A...
Today they call themselves Primitive Baptists and number, throughout the country, white and colored, about 137,000, priding themselves on that passage of Scripture which says "Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." X. THE ANTI-SUNDAY SCHOOL...
Thus, as is indicated in multiple places in Scripture, sin only came from man, it entering as a determination and then quality of Adam’s will which he deliberately and freely chose when he had the natural power of alternate choice, being able to do otherwise and having the inclination to...
yet in Scripture it commonly signifies a departure, either in whole or in part, from a religious faith or obedience formerly professed,Acts 21:21;Hebrews 3:12. Here it denotes the defection of the disciples of Christ from the true faith and worship of God, enjoined in the gospel. Accordin...
“And what is this about ‘fear-based religion?’ How often in Scripture is the expression ‘Fear God’ or ‘Fear Jehovah?’ Almost 40. I counted. It is ‘fear’ in the same sense children used to routinely fear their parents, out of love and respect—fear of displeasing them—with pu...
One fourteenth century morning in the village of Montalilou, a simple woman named Bartholomette d’Urs, who slept every evening in her bed...