First John 4:1-6 explains the difference in “the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth” (John 16:13-15) and “Satan’s antichrist spirit, the spirit of error”, for the Holy Spirit’s witness is: Jesus was God in the flesh, but Satan’s antichrist spirit denies Jesus was God in the flesh; this then, is how we know which spirit […]
Fist John 3:1-3 is the command for us who are God’s legal, blood-bought, sin-forgiven children, to whom the Holy Spirit has given His witness, in Romans 8:12-17, that we are to give our total self to God, through Christ Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, so we keep ourself pure in Christ Jesus, by allowing Him […]
First John 2:20-29 is so powerful we are transformed by constantly reading, quoting, and doing what it takes to daily experience these awesome truths that are resident in Christ Jesus and done in us by the Holy Spirit. First John 2:20-29—20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. […]
From first John 2:15-23 and James 4:1-10, we learn most, if not all, our inner struggles and fighting against our selfish desires for worldly pleasures, come from our wanting to be totally for God and have our “comfort zone” in the things of the world, so our spirit and flesh continue in miserable, unsettled, inward […]
Facebook post 260 (Send Saturday September 24, 2022) From first John 1:1-2:11, we understand God is “Light, Life out of darkness by forgiveness and Love”; therefore, our close, intimate, sweet relationship with God, through Christ Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, must include God’s fullness (Ephesians 3:14-21), or selfish desires will replace His place in us. […]
Facebook post 259 (Send Tuesday September 20, 2022) Jude, “a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, begins writing about “our common salvation”, but then feels it “necessary to write exhorting (urgently advising) us to contend (struggle or fight for) the faith once for all delivered to the saints”, because “certain men have crept […]
Our Lord Jesus, in Matthew 18:15-20, commands every Christian whose Christian brother or sister, in some way “sins” against us, to privately go to them, explain how they wronged us, and try to get it corrected, but if they refuse to change or right the wrong, then take two or three others with us, so […]
Jesus, in Matthew 12:22-30, 43-45, and Luke 11:14-26, faced “one who was demon-possessed, blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so the blind and mute man both spoke and saw” amazing the people, but some blasphemy accused Jesus of casting out demons by “Beelzebub”, the “dung-god, Satan”; therefore, Jesus explained if He were using Satan […]
What does Psalm 119:89 have to do with Christians, members of Christ’s body, the church, and how should we align our lifestyle with this verse of Scripture? Psalm 119:89—89 Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. We might not have wisely understood God’s word is firmly settle; there are no assumptions of what […]
When Satan, the devil, the serpent of old, the fiery red dragon (Revelation 12:3, 7-9), offers us a symptom (deceptive lie) of some addiction, disease, infection, pain, sickness, depression, etc. and we willingly accept it; then we own it, and must pay the utmost price in doctor visits, hospitalization, medications, and untold suffering, when we […]
Old Testament people were unable to fully obey the Law, not knowing God’s purpose for the Law was never for them to keep it, but for the Law to bring everyone to Christ Jesus (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:19, 21-25), for the Old Testament is explained in the New Testament. When the Lord Jesus, the resurrected […]
Both in Isaiah 11 (see verse 9) and Habakkuk 2 (see verses 12-14), showing the Lord our God, will move mightily on the earth, avenging His people, and turning the persecution of His people back on our persecutors, for the knowledge of the Lord and His glory will cover the earth as the waters cover […]
