Dear Good God, You created the universe. You separated the dark from the light, calling them day and night. And it was good. When everything was perfect You created two people to live the days of their life in the beautiful world You gave. But they chose to create a different kind of darkness that …
Tag: salvation
Omnipotent vs. Impotent
“Everyone who is called by My Name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made. Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things?Let them bring in their witnesses …
Biggest No Brainer
"Everyone who calls upon the Name of the Lord [Jesus] will be saved.” Romans 10:13 (NIV) “The jailer then brought them out and asked, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Acts 16:30-31 (NIV) “They asked Jesus, ‘What must we do …
The Tetragrammaton
"God said to Moses, 'Go, I Am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people...out of Egypt.' But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out?' And God said. 'I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is …
The Rare Lender
"A Pharisee invited Jesus for dinner. Jesus went and reclined at the table. A woman, who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was there. So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. She stood behind Him at his feet weeping. She wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with her …
On Dry Ground
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 14:15,16 (NIV)“For He says, ‘In the time of …
The One Without
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They were using this …
Treasure Hunting
“This is what the Lord says to His anointed... whose right hand I take hold of... to open doors before him... I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, …
Foreshadowing
“Moses answered, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” Then the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A staff,’ he replied.The Lord said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ Moses threw it on the ground and it became a …
The Gift
“You were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed... the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts... We were by nature …