I suppose that we all make plans to do things.  If we are going to make a long trip, we plan where we are going to stay, the places where we are going to go, the things that we need to take with us, and the resources we will need.  But there is something else […]

Have you ever thought about what it would be like for you after you die?  I understand that those of us who are saved have our names written in the Book of Life.  The apostle Paul’s fellow workers had their names written in that Book.  Paul wrote in Philippians 4:3 “And I urge you also, […]

In the Revelation, He who sat on the throne spoke the following in Revelation 21:6-8 “And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.  He who overcomes shall […]

We each should desire to be wise, because a truly wise person will be successful in how he lives his life and how he relates to other people; more importantly, he will be pleasing to God.  James teaches us to ask God for wisdom.  James 1:5  “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask […]

Jesus taught us that we cannot serve two masters.  Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”  Mammon is understood to be riches or money.  […]

The expression “Paradise of God” is found in Revelation 2:7 “To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”  Each one of us should want to overcome by faith so that we can live in God’s Paradise.  1 John 5:4-5 […]

We believe in God because we see the world and the universe He has created.  But by itself, that belief does an individual very little good.  James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe — and tremble!”  It is understood that the demons are not saved.  In […]

During the time of Jesus, publicans or tax collectors were servants of the Roman government who collected taxes from the people.  Sometimes, the tax collectors used extortion and extracted excess taxes to enrich themselves.  They were regarded as traitors and apostates because they had frequent interaction with the gentile Romans and were tools of their […]

Your life and mine are filled with many trials.  We may have financial problems with paying for the things that we need.  We may have health problems from pain to serious disease to chronic illness.  We may have conflicts with family members or co-workers or neighbors.  We may have loss of loved ones.  We may […]

James 2:1-9 “My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.  For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one […]