Meditations

Romans Chapter 3 verse 10:   As it is written:  There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none righteous outside of the Lord Jesus Christ.  "For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  Romans 10:10 None of us are born righteous, neither can we adopt righteousness.  "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceive me."  Psalm 51:5  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23 Romans 4:3:  For what does the Scripture say?  "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness". For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.   John 3:16 Accept God's righteousness today if He offers it to you!!   Today is the Day of Salvation!!! Tomorrow is Satan's line...

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Proverbs 23:23 tells us. Buy the truth - a cquire the truth through sacrifice. "What is truth?" Pilate rhetorically asked Jesus this question in the Gospel of John 18:38.  The Lord Jesus answered that question in his prayer to our Father. "Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth ."   John 17:17.  Earlier this summer I was speaking to a young man.  He was trying to persuade me that my truth may not be the same as another one’s truth.  How many truths are there as many as there are people?  I told him there is only One truth – God’s Word.  Hopefully, he was persuaded. To acquire the truth, we have to pray to the Father, read the Word of God and meditate therein.  The Holy Spirit will enlighten our understanding.  We buy the truth when we give of our time by purposefully pursuing the truth of God in His word.  We have to purpose in our heart to meditate in the word of God. We must ...

There seems to be much dismay among some evangelical Christians over the selection of the next president of the United States in November. In listening to two talk show hosts and some of their guests and reading opinions on the candidates, I can hear and read the discouragement in some of their voices. Is this a sign of Christians placing their hopes in human beings? Where is God? Why are your souls disquieted within you? Hope in God!! Why are some believers in Christ Jesus so discouraged? Hope in God!! He is a present help in time of trouble. Whatever happened to prayer? Are we praying? We have to pray individually. We cannot look to others to pray for the country while we stay silent. The Almighty God is in control. He is in control of the universe and everything in it. Why then are we so disturbed? Why are our souls disquieted within us? Hope in God!! Where is all of the concern coming from? Is it coming from hearts that do not know God? If so, I can understand the concern. As ...

Recently I had two deaths in my family my mother-in-law and my brother. Both fell victim to cancer. My mother-in-law loved the Lord and lived a victorious life. She was truly the woman of Proverbs 31. My brother lived a free spirited life, and touched many lives with his generosity. Their passing on made me think more about the passing on of our spirit and soul. The Lord Jesus gave us some insight into life after our physical death. We read in Luke chapter 16 verses 19 – 31 regarding the passing on of Larazus a poor and destitute believer and a rich unbeliever. They knew each other on earth and had some level of communication. However, once they passed on from this life, they parted ways. The poor man Lazarus went to paradise. The rich man – his name was not given – passed on to hades. We learned from the account given in Luke 16 that believing Lazarus was at rest. Not a word was spoken by Lazarus. The unbelieving rich man however was very vocal. He called out to Abraham and asked...

Love not hate.   Christians – born from above are called to love one another and to love the peoples of the world; just as God has loved us and as He loves the entire human race.    We are to be known as Christ ones because of our love for everyone.  Please let us believers and followers of the Lord Jesus Christ not be influence by the voices that are around us today.  We know there are injustices and inequalities in our society.  Truly in every society in the world the same exist.  Life is of God.  No one can exist outside of God’s breath of life.  That means every human life, no matter the skin tone, is valuable and precious in God’s sight, and should be as well in ours.    God shows us in 1Corinthians 13 what love looks like and what love is not.  Verse 1- 3 warns us about the nature of our works (after we have accepted God's salvation). V1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have...

On July 4th, 1776, the United States declared their independence from Britain. Since that time many countries including some of the islands of the Caribbean - more recently - have gained their independence from Britain. Britannia no longer rules the waves. It is good to be independent of others. Everyone craves independence.  To whom we are dependent to that one or ones we are beholden. From the time a child discovers walking, that child wants to be independent of his or her parents. That desire for independence thrives and develops as the child develops. Finally one day the adult child ventures out to be an independent person - away from her parents. Independence works a little different with the children of God. When we were born into the family of God, we were independent of God. We were accustomed to doing our own thing.  We were living our lives according to us.  Do we crave dependence on our Heavenly Father, or on our Savior?   No.  We love our i...

I n the wake of the mass killing of innocent victims at the club in Orlando, Florida; this event should have awaken us to the fact that this act of terror can happen anytime and anywhere.  There was the incident last year at the church in South Carolina.  This too was an act of terror.  We should consider that we are no longer safe from terrorism.   In this awareness, how are we to live our lives?  Are we ready to meet our Lord with open arms?  God forbid any of us should fall victim to this type of crime. None of us knows the date and time we will leave this earth whether by our passing or via our Savior’s coming.  Therefore we are to live in a state of readiness.  Luke12: 39, 40 reads:  But know this that if the Master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.  Verse 40:  Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour yo...