“The Lord had appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying, ‘Ask! What shall I give you?’” (1 Ki 3:5). Solomon requested wisdom and an understanding heart. God was pleased and gave him the wisdom for which he asked. But wisdom heard and known does not imply wisdom used. “For it was so, when … [Read more…]
1 Kings 3:5-15 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask! What shall I give you?” (1 Kings 3:5) Solomon’s answer to God began with acknowledgement of the goodness God had shown to his father David, of David’s living in truth, righteousness, and uprightness … [Read more…]
“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 it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith’” … [Read more…]
“So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him. Then Abishai said to David, ‘God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, … [Read more…]
Abram’s wife Sarai was barren, so she gave to Abram her maid Hagar as a second wife so that she could perhaps obtain children by her. When Hagar conceived a child, she began to despise Sarai. There was friction between the two, and Sarai dealt harshly with Hagar. Hagar fled into the wilderness, abandoned and … [Read more…]
“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, and the father of circumcision to those who not only are … [Read more…]
In 1517 Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the doors of a church building in Wittenburg, Germany, protesting many of the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Catholicism’s errors needed to be exposed, and they still need to be exposed. But unfortunately, one of the doctrines that Luther believed and proclaimed was the doctrine … [Read more…]
“By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand” (1 Peter 5:12). There are lots of teachings in the religious world about grace, but we’re interested in the “true grace of God.” Consider a few … [Read more…]
“Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, ‘If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot … [Read more…]
Will God accept any worship I offer to Him? He did not with Cain. Abel offered to God a sacrifice of the firstlings of his flock and their fat; Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. “And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect … [Read more…]