church of Christ at Cloud 9

I wish I could say that I never sin, but that would not be true.  The apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”  Sin is literally a “missing of the mark.”  If the mark is what pleases […]

I have trials and everyone I know has trials.  So I’m pretty confident that you have trials too.  Here is what James wrote about trials.  James 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, […]

Have you ever stumbled and fallen?  Most likely you have.  When I was a child and in a hurry, I would sometimes stub my toe against a rock or the root of a tree and fall on my face.  When we are old, it is a serious concern that we will stumble over something in […]

It seems that many evil deeds are done at nighttime when it is dark.  This is likely true because people doing evil deeds do not want to be seen.  1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 “You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.  Therefore let us […]

When we look around us, we see change in many things.  We see change in the environment and the weather with global warming.  We see change in technology with computers and cell phones being very common and very powerful.  We see changes in our governments and in those that are in power.  We see change […]

What if your brother in Christ sins against you?  Maybe he says something unloving.  Maybe he says something about you that isn’t true.  Maybe he destroys your property.  Maybe he physically assaults you.  Maybe he cheats you.  The possible list could go on and on.  This shouldn’t happened, but sometimes it does happen. You could […]

When you were born as a baby, you were small in size, you lacked strength and you were ignorant of most things in life.  Praise God that you didn’t remain a small baby, but, according to God’s wonderful design, you grew in size and strength and in knowledge and wisdom.  If you had not grown, […]

We are given many encouragements in the scripture to make an effort to do the right thing.  Here are a few such encouragements.  2 Peter 1:5-11 “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly […]

Matthew 18:2-4 “Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in […]

Many of the Christians who lived in the first century thought that Jesus was going to return within a few years – within their lifetime.  And yet, it has been almost 2000 years since Christ ascended into heaven after His death and resurrection and He still has not returned.  The apostle Peter anticipated this delay […]