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A bondservant in biblical times was a person who was legally or willfully bound to serve a master.  Bondage and slavery are illegal in most societies today, but during the time of the writing of the Bible, bondage was common and accepted.  The writers of the Bible gave instruction on how bondservants were to conduct themselves. […]

Some people envision the devil as a red man with horns, a pointed tail and holding a pitchfork.  Instead, he is an unseen spirit that is opposed to God.  Just as we cannot see God but we know that He exists, we cannot see the devil but we know that he exists.  The name devil […]

When we compare the strength of ourselves to God the Father, we see the contrast between us.  He is all powerful having created the heavens and the earth. When we witness a storm with strong winds and violent lightning or feel a mighty earthquake, we get a small view of the power of God.  We […]

God has given each of us gifts or abilities.  Consider the gifts listed in Romans 12:6-8 “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, […]

Peter and John had gone to the temple at the hour of prayer and saw a lame man asking for alms at the gate of the temple. Acts 3:6-8  “Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, […]

Some people are individuals who know-it-all.  They know everything, have a solution for everything, and claim to be able to do everything.  I remember many years ago a young man attended our assembly and claimed he was an excellent mechanic and could fix everything.  We let him work on our car but he failed and […]

The gospel is very important to us as Christians.  The gospel is the power of God to salvation. Paul wrote in Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” […]

When the Israelites were in the wilderness, God chose Moses to be the leader of the people and to talk with Him.  He also chose Aaron to be the High Priest.  But some of the people, led by Korah, were unhappy with the way things were. Numbers 16:3  “They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, […]

We are told that God had a plan for the world and mankind that he made before the foundation of the world and he has been working that plan ever since.  Ephesians 1:4-12 “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before […]

We know that the greatest commandments are about love.  A lawyer came to Jesus and asked which was the great commandment in the law.  Matthew 22:37-39 “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and […]