When Jesus was on this earth, “He knew what was in man” (John 2:25). He knew their hearts and their thoughts (Matt. 9:4), without them saying a thing to Him. That should not surprise us, as God “looks at the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7), and He “alone know[s] the hearts of all” (1 Kgs. 8:39; Acts 1:24). Now, we could read those verses and…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule
What have we learned from the Bible so far? Notice that this is not what a church would have us to believe or what a group of men have set out as a belief system. These are Bible certainties that we can know by simply reading the Bible. Bible certainty #1: ALL Scripture in the Old Testament and New Testament is inspired…
What a smart girl! Instead of listening to what so many in the world would have her to believe, the 9-year-old young lady used the brain that God gave her and figured it out on her own. She came out of worship on Sunday and said, “If Adam and Eve were the first people, and they had children, and then those had children, then…
How beautiful is God’s design for His church! Everything that we know and need to know about it is found in His beautiful Scriptures! The church was planned by Jesus (Eph. 3:9-11), built by Jesus (Matt. 16:18), purchased by Jesus (Acts 20:28), started by Jesus (Acts 2:22-47), is loved by Jesus (Eph. 5:25), is governed by Jesus (Col. 3:17), is shepherded by Jesus (Heb.…
The all-wise, all-powerful God had an opportunity to provide all that man would need in His Scripture? Did He do it? Can we know? In the verse immediately after the affirmation that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” the Holy Spirit made it clear that God has breathed out all Scripture, so “that the man of God may be complete,…
You know the closing verses on Numbers 6, although you may not realize it. Let me start it and you finish it: “The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His…” Are you singing the rest of the song in your head? Part of verse 25 says, “The Lord make His face to shine upon you.” What does that mean? Have you seen someone’s face…
Paul wrote about those who face the sorrow of death and “have no hope” (1 Thess. 4:13). Their loved one was outside of Christ—a place where there is “no hope” (Eph. 2:12). But, he wanted those inside of Christ to know that they may sorrow at the loss of a faithful child of God, but their sorrow is tempered by hope. How? Those who have…
The Scripture itself overflows with affirmations that every part of it is from God. Over 400 times, one reads (in the KJV), “Thus saith the Lord” (with over 300 of those in the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel). When Paul says that “all Scripture” is God-breathed (2 Tim. 3:16), he had earlier used that word “Scripture” to refer to part of…