“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). This verse says that you and I can share the image of Jesus...
The deepest kind of fellowship is not based on race or family relationship; it is based on the spiritual life we have in Christ. A church fellowship based on anything other than love for Christ and for one another simply will not last. Where there is true Christian love, there...
What if an army were run with the same lack of obedience, order, and discipline that we often see in the local church? It would never win a war. If soldiers attended drill whenever they felt like it, they would never be equipped to face the enemy. If recruits disobeyed...
A faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted. New believers must expect their faith to be tried, because this is the way God proves whether or not their decision is genuine. Faith, like a muscle, must be exercised to grow stronger. Tribulation and persecution are God’s ways to strengthen...
A famous British writer leaving Liverpool by ship noticed that other passengers were waving to friends on the dock. He rushed down to the dock and stopped a little boy. “Would you wave to me if I paid you?” he asked the lad. The boy agreed. The writer rushed back...
Paul instructs that Christians should pray for “all men” (1 Timothy 2:1), making it clear that no person on earth is outside the influence of believing prayer. This means we should pray for the saved and the lost, for people near us and people far away, for enemies as well...
To reckon means to “put to one’s account.” In Romans 6:11 it means to believe that what God says-is true in His Word is really true in your life. Paul didn’t tell his readers to feel as if they were dead to sin, or even to understand it fully, but...
Because Satan is a subtle enemy, we must be vigilant—always on guard. His strategy is to counterfeit whatever God does. According to the Parable of the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30), wherever God plants a true Christian, Satan seeks to plant a counterfeit. He would deceive us were it not for the...
Today the cross is an accepted symbol of love and sacrifice. But in Jesus’ day the cross was a horrible means of capital punishment. The Romans would not mention the cross in polite society. In fact, no Roman citizen could be crucified; this terrible death was reserved for Rome’s enemies....