In Matthew 18, Jesus asks us to put ourselves in the place of the servant who owed his master 10,000 talents. To think about how much this is, consider the fact that in that day one talent represented about 20 years’ wages (ESV note on Matthew 18:24). Thus, 10,000 talents represents about 200,000 …
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 1 Tim. 1:11 In this verse, we are reminded that God is both glorious and blessed. Let us briefly meditate upon these two wonderful realities. God is glorious. In the KJV, “glorious” modifies “gospel.” However, …
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the word of God and …
She hath done what she could. Mark 14:8 Too often the Christian is paralyzed by a perception of what needs to be done, and is overwhelmed by the vastness of the spiritual drought and desolation that is all around them. So much needs to be done, and the reality is that we are just not equipped to do …
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive …
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have …
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 2 Tim. 4:1-2 Note what Paul says: “ Preach the …
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. Acts 18:9-11 …
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah. Judges 13:9 It is easy to pass over sentences like this and to miss the weightiness of its implications. It tells us that God hears the prayers of men and women. He listens to their voice and hearkens to their cry (cf. Ps. 5:2). Our words are not lost in …
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. Acts 15:4 We must never forget that whatever lasting and beneficial and kingdom-building ministry men and women of God do, can only be …