Archive for August, 2004
Psalms 119:89, “Your word, O LORD , is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” This single verse tells us about a truth that is express throughout scripture. God is the eternal creator. He is the first and forever. We cannot say his is the last because he does not end. So what does this [...]
Most of us have heard the saying, “With friends like these, who needs enemies.” This saying is absolutely true in the story of Job. You will never find a bigger bunch of blow hard know-it-alls. I often wonder how often we act like this toward are friends. We try to diagnose the latest ailment and [...]
Job and his compatriots misunderstand God. They blame their troubles on God and make comments like, “Does God pervert justice.” It is easy to feel sorry for Job because he has lost his family. He is left only with his wife who is telling him to give up and die. However, there are some horrible [...]
Job – A man of integrity and love for God. His story is an amazing tales of trials which he withstood to continue to serve the Lord God Almighty. In his very first trail he looses virtually everything he owns and all of his family members except his wife are killed (The case can be [...]
Psalm 119:41-48 talks about the how we are saved by obeying God’s laws. On the surface this does not seem to make sense. We know from others scripture that the law does not save. In fact, it condemns because we always fail to live up to it. But, there is salvation in the Law of [...]
Haman was the most honored noble in the court of King Xerxes. He was also full of pride. He made plans to have all the Jews in the Kingdom killed because they refused to bow before him. As Jews, they were only allowed to bow before the Lord God Almighty. Haman put his plan together, [...]
It seems strange that in the first three chapters of Esther, it is a Jewish person who saves the life of King Xerxes. After this King Xerxes honors a noble man above the others, but not the Jewish person who has saved his life. You would think Mordecai would be given the greatest honor and [...]
One of the important points Paul talks to Timothy about is the taking care of widows. From very early in the life of the New Testament Church, charity to others we considered essential. Helping the widows was one of the most important aspects of this because Widows often had no means of support. However, one [...]
