Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring. Ezekiel 23:35 Here’s a verse not usually preached from the pulpit. Ezekiel doesn’t sugarcoat or use ‘nice’ words. So much of religion is to make it comfortable for the listener / […]
The apostles John, Peter, and Paul all had their final words sent to the ekklesia. Their letters / sermons are passionate and blunt. They’re filled with things that the Holy Spirit can use to highlight our current time and culture. Even then DURING the time they were still alive there were lying prophets and lying
Peter’s final sermon. Read More »
Imagine being part of a house-Church, and it is currently illegal to be in a Christian house-church. It is also illegal to carry any letter or form of communication from any of the apostles including Paul’s letters. Then someone brings this message from the apostle John and your group receives it with joy and anticipation!
A personal message from John. Read More »
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Psalms 51:9 What is the actual difference between your iniquity and sin? One is the ‘weed’ and the other is the ‘root’. Here the word ‘sin’ in Hebrew is chet meaning greatly (1), offenses (2), penalty (1), sin (22), and sins (7). This describes
The root and the weed. Read More »
So there is now no condemnation awaiting those who belong to Christ Jesus. For the power of the life-giving Spirit—and this power is mine through Christ Jesus—has freed me from the vicious circle of sin and death. We aren’t saved from sin’s grasp by knowing the commandments of God because we can’t and don’t keep
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. James 5:10 How valuable is the Old Testament (OT) in our Christian walk and life? Has the OT lost it’s worth when it comes to this modern age? James the leader of The Way in Jerusalem when the
Do you know a prophet? Do you understand the ‘call’? Read More »
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” John 15:18-19 “Whoever hates Me hates
Are you hated for the right reasons? Read More »
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: Philemon 1-2 This is the story of Philemon, a slave owner, and his slave Onesimus, who apparently robbed Philemon and then escaped to Rome. Then came Paul to Rome
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Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for He gives to His beloved sleep. Psalms 127:1-2 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious
