They then counted off seven weeks and celebrated again on the fiftieth day and called it "Pentecost" meaning "fifty." When we come to the New Testament, the Jews are still celebrating those feasts and Acts 2:1 tells us that it was on the feast day of Pentecost that the Holy Spirit ...
Father. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1). When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we become God’s children. Fathers instruct, guide, and discipline their children, but they also love to ...
“Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught…This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead...
babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. A...
Are the decisions that you make in life reassuring that they compliment the agenda the Almighty has for your life? Have you not heard recited “Only what you do for Christ will last?” I have heard it recited so often. I actually thought it was a direct quote from a chapter in the Bi...
These memory courses have a "Triple-A" benefit, in that they are particularly beneficial to those who are: Active in ministry ~ keeping their lives pure and hearts focused on the Word of God. (Psalm 119:11 - "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."...
as they went before the army, and say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.’ And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come up against Judah, so that they were routed” (...
how are his hidden things sought up!7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.8 ...
I find myself chuckling because many of those surging upon Jesus did not come to be taught; they wanted the free stuff, like healing and food. As He taught, He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3 KJV) A more simplistic trans...
and evil, God put them out of the garden. He did not want them to have access to the tree of life because they would live forever (Genesis 3:22). The Lord placed Cherubims at the east of the garden with a flaming sword turning this way and that way to make s...