But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 KJV Commend means to entrust or commit. God committed His love for our benefit. Because of that commitment, He sent His only begotten Son to pay the penalty for our sin. The penalty was eternal death! Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of…
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Ephesians 1:17 KJV Paul encourages the Ephesian believers by letting them know that they are in his prayers. In verses 15 & 16, he says, “Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the…
Heart problems and vascular issues are very much a part of Williams syndrome. If left untreated, most children with Williams syndrome will never live to adulthood. Back in the early 1960s, they started doing autopsies on every seemingly healthy child that died without any apparent cause. A medical examiner by the name of Williams saw a connection between these children and their cause of death. Most children with Williams syndrome…
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. I John 4:7-8 KJV People need to feel loved, to be loved, and to love others in return. Yet no one can love another apart from God. In fact, in and of ourselves, we’re not even…
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 KJV There’s nothing more rewarding than being approved unto God. When we’re approved unto God, we can stand before Him with confidence, knowing that our actions and attitudes please Him. Judgment Day is coming, and we will all stand before God to give an account of…
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? I Peter 4:17-18 KJV Why must judgment begin with us? We have the Truth. And God has commanded us to get…
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. Exodus 34:6-7 KJV God cannot…
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3 KJV God was talking to Jeremiah, but the Bible is clear that God is no respecter of persons. Romans 2:11 says, “For there is no respect of persons with God.” That means that God has no favorites – what He does for one…
“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.” I Samuel 2:3 KJV God knows everything. He knows our actions, our intentions, our goals, our dreams, our desires, our wants, our struggles. In I Chronicles 28:9, King David said, “And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father,…
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11 KJV Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the great I AM and one day everyone will see Him for who He…