Revelation 6:16
My bible reading today was in Revelation 6 – The start of the judgement of mankind at the hand of Jesus Christ. This book is a reminder that time will end, judgment will arrive, and no man will escape. Reading vs16 is always profound to me:16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; Unlike all the movies where the world is ending; this judgement is specific. The judgement that mankind can currently think on: The world ending itself, or mankind causing the end through...
Read More1 Peter 1:1-5
The book of 1 Peter opens with Peter’s audience. He is writing to a scattered group of chosen believers that have come under persecution. These are people that no longer resided in their former places of birth or common place of residence. No doubt they were discouraged, downcast, and sorrowful.1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, [a]to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His...
Read More1 Timothy 6:11-12
Every duty in life has responsibilities that go along with it: Work, school, parenting, sports. Yet each of these tasks on a daily basis come to an end. Your daily responsibilities eventually come to a close. In contrast a person that follows Jesus Christ has responsibilities that are never put down, but pursued indefinitely (at least until glorification).I found myself unable to sleep recently, reading in candlelight at 1:00 in the morning.The text: 1 Timothy 6:11-12.11 But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and...
Read MoreLeviticus 10:1-3
Having a right perspective on the holiness of God.My reading today took me to Leviticus 10, and in particular vs 1-3.10 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying, ‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron,...
Read MoreColossians 2:23
Have you labored over work diligently only to see the result of that diligence producing no value because it was all wrongly placed diligence?Paul is writing to the believers in Colossee. He spends the majority of Chapter 2 walking them through who they are positionally before God because of Jesus Christ: They had received a circumcision made without hands (the purifying of their hearts vs11), they had been buried with Christ in baptism (vs12), they had been raised with him with the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead (vs12), God made them truly alive to him (vs13), and the...
Read MoreChinese Market & Luke 24:46-47
Thinking of creative ways to prepare for a foreign culture when you are not there is just downright fun. From evenings with no lights in the house (just candles), cooking unique foods, not running the A/C very much and my favorite; shopping at unique markets.This weekend we ventured into a Chinese marketplace to see the produce and smell the aroma of different… it was very different. We started in the produce isle and found some awesome fruits/vegetables that we had never seen before: Mini bananas (Belle is holding these), taro root (Greer’s head is being blocked by it), and...
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