Month: January 2019

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:Fear God and keep His commandments,For this is man’s all.For God will bring every work into judgment,Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

Sin takes a toll on our thinking, and we must pay the price of ignorance by confessing that we don’t understand many things. It is fortunate for us that God, in His mercy and love, understands this, and gives us clear commandments to follow in His word. There are some things that I simply do not need to understand to obey God’s commandments. The only question that I need to answer is whether I am going to obey. This is the greatest struggle that we face as God’s people; will it be our own will or God’s will that we follow? We must obey God’s commandments. If we love God, we will obey (1 John 5:2-3). Failure to obey is simply a lack of love for God in our life

Love God enough to study His word, learn His commands, and obey them, and be free of self. God bless you, and I love you.

Amid the high symbolism of the book of Revelation we have some “not so subtle” hints to basic divine truth. By the grace of God, we have been offered salvation, strength, a kingdom, and power to all who overcome “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word” (12:10-11).

While we are guaranteed to be persecuted, the everlasting Good News of God is intended to bring all men everywhere to salvation through the fear of God in light of judgment (14:6-7). Listen to some of the most beautiful words ever written about the patience of the saints who keep the commands of God and walk in the faith of Jesus Christ…

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them” (Revelation 14:13).

Salvation has come, and Judgment is coming…are you in Christ? Are you patiently and faithfully awaiting that day? Be ready, be faithful

A brand new candle, barely lit, that will burn itself out in twelve fleeting months, another volume in our own book of life, full of blank pages upon which we shall write with our words and deeds, a fresh garment without wrinkle, soil, or tear, an open door, behind which many paths will beckon before the door is closed, a new plant freshly pushing through the earth’s crust, destined to bear fruit, either good or evil, a piece of soft clay over which each one of us exercises the power of a potter, to mold it into a shape of one’s own choosing, and a race to be run that many will fail to finish to its end.

Worldlings will live out this new year in a Monday to Saturday context. The Lord’s people will live ours from Lord’s day to LordP’s day, looking forward to each appointed time when we can assemble with our brethren to worship God and study His Word. While those outside try to fight the battles and face the trials of life on their owvn, we can draw from the inexhaustible source of spiritual strength, found only by those who submit to mankind’s only rightful Ruler.

Now, let us look at this new year again. Only you and I can determine what sort of flame its candle will burn. Only you and I can decide what sort of lines will be writen upon its blank pages. You and I alone are responsible for how free of soil and damage our garments of life will remain. The choice is ours as to how we will walk the paths – yea which paths -that open before us. The fruit we produce and the vessel we mold are largely in our control. May we determine to make this the best year of our lives in God’s service here, pressing on to that realm where time no longer exists (Phi. 3:14; Rev. 22:5).