After hearing the congregation sing heartily and excitedly every verse of “No Tears in Heaven,” a little girl leaned over to her mother and said, “Boy, mama, there’s gonna be a whole bunch of nothin’ in heaven, isn’t there!” Well, maybe she missed it just a bit, but from one perspective, she didn’t miss it at all. Consider what the Bible says…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 270)
During two appointments this morning, I met two different ladies. In conversation with the first lady, we figured out that her daughter had visited the services at Palm Beach Lakes with one of her friends. That made a great connection and opened a natural door for evangelism. In conversation with a lady at the second appointment, we figured out that one of…
The value of fearing the Lord is underscored throughout Scripture. Proverbs 14:26-27 is one such passage that highlights the incomparable joys promised to those who fear the Lord. Fearing the Lord means that one stands in great awe of who the Lord is and what He has done, and that awe leads one to naturally reverence the Lord’s will and expectations for…
Here’s something to think about. If the Bible says that…no fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves, covetous, drunkards, unclean, haters, arguers, self-seekers or liars are going to be in heaven (1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Rev. 21:8)…then there isn’t going to be anybody in heaven! Is there? If none of these people or “the like” (Gal. 5:21) are going to make it to…
Many have become confused when reading the word “unworthy” in context of the Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29. Sometimes we hear a word and assign a meaning and understanding that is not necessarily correct. Read this passage first in the King James Version, then let’s examine it. “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily,…
Think about how often this phrase is uttered in the Bible. Abimelech told Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do” (Gen. 21:22). Again, it was said to Isaac, “We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you” (Gen. 26:28). Israel was told that in battle “the Lord your God is with you” (Deut. 20:1; 2 Chron. 20:17). The…
Paul warned the Christians in Ephesus of the treacherous and condemnable path of the world – “no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling,…
The word “longsuffering” is found sixteen times in the New King James Version of the Bible. The number of occurrences is split almost half-and-half – nine times the word is used of the longsuffering of God toward man, and seven times the word is used of God’s expectations for man to be longsuffering with his fellowman. God’s longsuffering is almost always coupled…