church of Christ at Cloud 9

As a child, when I suffered some wrong from another, I would sometimes run to my dad to complain about the injustice I had received.  My godly father would tell me: “Learn to take it.”  I didn’t appreciate what he was teaching me.  It seemed right to me that justice needed to be served.  I […]

Jesus gave a new commandment in John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”  Jesus obviously loved His disciples in that […]

Your life and my life are short.  Even if you live to be over 100 years old, your life is still short compared to eternity.  Those who live to be old often look back over their life and realize how quickly it has passed.  Isaiah 40:6-8 “The voice said, ‘Cry out!’  And he said, ‘What […]

The apostle Paul had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel of Jesus.  Over the period of time that he was bound, various Christian brothers were with him and ministered to him; mention is made of Luke, Demas, Mark, Aristarchus, Crescens, Timothy, Titus, and Onesimus.  He certainly taught them the things of God.  Perhaps they brought […]

We should all be very careful not to cause someone else to sin.  Jesus had called a little child and set him in the middle of His disciples.  He said in Matthew 18:6-7 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone […]

Most people in the world want to live as they please and do what they want.  The Bible clearly tells us that there are consequences for our actions.  Romans 2:5-8 “But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of […]

When you have an itch, you want to scratch it.  You have learned that scratching an itch usually relieves the itchy sensation.  The apostle Paul wrote about itching ears in 2 Timothy 4:2-4 “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.  For the time […]

As Christians, we are by the Spirit to put to death the deeds of the body.  Romans 8:12-13 “Therefore, brethren, we are debtors — not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.  For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the […]

We all need hope.  If you are sick, you need hope that you will get well.  If you have a bad relationship with someone, you have hope that it will improve.  If you don’t have a job, you hope that you will find a job.  If you don’t have the money to buy what you […]

We learn much from the Apostle Paul.  He wrote in Philippians 3:17 “Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.”  You and I are not the apostle Paul but we can learn much from his faith and his life. Paul said in Romans 1:16-17 […]