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Abram was called by God to leave his country, his family, and his father’s house to go to the land of Canaan.  Abram obeyed God and left with his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot.  Before long, Abram became very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.  Lot also became rich with many livestock.  […]

The gospels of Mathew, Mark and Luke each give the parable of the sower.  The account given by Luke is found in Luke 8:5-8.   If you are unfamiliar with the parable, please read it.  Jesus explained the parable in Luke 8:11-15 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.  Those by […]

Jesus was sent to the earth by God the Father; He came to do the will of the Father.   John 5:30 “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.”  He […]

Abraham is one of the most important individuals described in the Bible.  He was a man of great faith and was chosen by God to be the ancestor of Jesus, the Christ. We first read about God coming to Abraham when he lived in Haran; at that time, his name was Abram.  Genesis 12:1-3 “Now […]

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 […]