There are many words in the Bible used to describe the nature of sin and disobedience. There are several different Greek and Hebrew words used to describe sin, and each of them have special emphasis. Sin truly is transgression, iniquity, wickedness, ungodliness, erring, offence falling and many others. The King James Version translates one of these words as iniquity. Let’s take time…

Satan uses so many “tools” as he seeks to discourage our devotion to Christ.  Faith can far more easily thwart the attacks the god of this world makes against us if we would heed the words of Paul. The great apostle said, “We are not ignorant of his devices,” but if we are ignorant Satan takes advantage of us (2 Cor. 2:11).…

The lives of everyone we know can be summed up in the words: “I was, I am and I will be.” We have a past, a present and a future. There is a sense in which Jesus, because of His life, death and resurrection, can be considered in this way (Rev. 1:8). However, when we think about God, we must never forget…

In the years of teaching others, one problem often has confronted those who are being taught. Some have deep roots in the places where they are worshiping and the decision to leave that behind is often not one that is easily made. They now look at the Bible so differently, for what they now know is right is so strange from what…

Failure to partake of the Lord’s Supper properly can put you to sleep. Not literally, but still the Bible describes this truth in Paul’s first letter to Corinth. The church in that pagan city had copied the pagan festival, and Paul described the results as one eating “his own supper” (11:20-21). He then gives detailed instructions about how Jesus said we should…

They had been slaves in Egypt, and their work involved taking mud and straw and producing bricks for the Egyptians. However, after they crossed the Red Sea the task before many of them changed. God gave a precise description of the tabernacle and its furnishing, and none of them had the ability to take the wood, the gold, the fabrics and create…

We all share something in common and that is each one of us has a past, a present and a future in our lives. The Bible can help us to deal with these three aspects of living and understand how they fit in the lives we seek to live for Him.  We must learn how to balance all of these in our…

This Sunday I will partake of the Lord’s Supper for the 3,819th time. I vividly remember the first time I sat at His table and meditated on all that Jesus had done for me. I have never tired of that time of meditation, and communion is even more moving now than it was that first time. There are some things that we…