Respect for Authority

Authority is defined as the right to command to act, but it also means the right to act.  A supervisor who has authority over his employees has the right to command or direct their activities.  On the other end, the employee can be said to have authority to perform an activity if he has been … [Read more…]

Eleven Days’ Journey

“These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.  It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.  Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, … [Read more…]

Not Ashamed

“So as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.  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.  For in … [Read more…]

Know – Do – Blessed

In John 13 we have the record of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet on the evening before the commencement of His trials and then crucifixion.  Jesus took a towel, poured water into a basin and washed His disciples’ feet and wiped them with the towel with which He was girded.  Jesus served His disciples, intending … [Read more…]

Trembling At His Word

In the book of Ezra, we read of the return of Jews from captivity to Jerusalem and the work of the priest Ezra in rebuilding the temple and restoring worship.  In the ninth chapter, the leaders came to Ezra declaring how the people had not separated themselves from the heathen and had intermarried with them.  … [Read more…]

Roadblocks to Brotherly Love

Someone may ask these questions:  What if I just don’t feel like loving my brother or sister in Christ?  I know I should have love for you, but I just don’t.  You know, we are very different.  We are from very different places.  We have very different pasts.  We have very different interests in our … [Read more…]

Three Qualities of Brotherly Love

“Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever” (1 Peter 1:22-23). In this Scripture the apostle … [Read more…]

Do Not Judge?

Our culture is awash in the thought that we must not judge anyone.  For example, to tell someone that homosexuality is sin and if not repented of then the consequence will be eternal punishment, is “judging,” and, as many say, “we ought not to judge.”  This “don’t judge” attitude is a lie of the devil.  … [Read more…]