Psalm 37:25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. Is life unfair? Psalm 37 ponders that perplexing question. Its basic conclusion: The success of the wicked won’t last, while in the long run people who do right will flourish. The psalmist,…

Genesis 3:4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.” Satan’s response to Eve’s somewhat less-than-accurate understanding of God’s Word was to deny that God’s Word was true. “You will NOT surely die” (Gen. 3:4). This contradicted God’s revealed word to Adam. The very first doctrine in scripture that Satan denied is…

Instead of fixing our thoughts on all that is wrong in our world we need to be fixing our thoughts on Jesus because we must live as Jesus did (1 John 2:6). We must acknowledge Him as our apostle and high priest. We must fix our thoughts on the uniqueness of Jesus. He is fully…

Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah, inspired by God, says “do not be dismayed”. Webster’s defines dismayed as follows:experiencing or showing feelings of alarmed concern…

Isaiah 40:1-2 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Judah still had 100 years of trouble before Jerusalem would fall,…

Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Three times in the first 9 verses of Joshua chapter one God urged Joshua to be strong and courageous. Joshua must have been a…

Last week we looked at the uniqueness of Jesus as described for us in the Book of Hebrews. One of the verses we looked at and talked about was Hebrews 3:1, which states Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle…

In Isaiah 37:6 the Lord, through Isaiah, told king Hezekiah “Do not be afraid of what you have heard“. The Assyrians had just bombarded Jerusalem with a propaganda campaign of fear and terror in an attempt to demoralize the people and coerce them to surrender. But Hezekiah instead turned to the Lord and the Lord’s…

As the world talks about the birth of Jesus this holiday season remember what that really means. Jesus is unique in that he is our apostle, our high priest, and our sacrifice. Jesus is unique because he is the final, complete self-expression of God to mankind. This Sunday’s lesson will focus on the uniqueness of…

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. A word of encouragement offered at the right time can be the difference between finishing well and collapsing along the way. Look around you; be sensitive to other’s need for encouragement, and offer supportive words or…