Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Fate – Is your future already set in stone? Have the fates declared what will come to be? Does…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV The day of Christ Jesus – How long will it take for God to finish the exclamation of your life? Paul gives us the answer. “Until the…
Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people. Genesis 25:8 NASB Satisfied with life – Let’s talk about death. In particular, let’s talk about the death of Abraham. Abraham is the father of our faith. Paul holds him…
“but the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” Genesis 3:3 NASB Die – We need to ask some questions. They’re not easy questions to ask – and they are even harder to answer. …
“O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 from Hosea 13:14 Death – The Bible often seems to personify death. Perhaps that’s because the Bible doesn’t conceive of death as simply a biological phenomenon. Living things die. Their biological functions stop. But when it comes to human beings,…
For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction. Jeremiah 31:13 Mourning – “Blessed are those who mourn,” said Yeshua. Do you suppose He was connecting this thought with Jeremiah 31, the prophet’s announcement of the new covenant? It certainly seems possible, especially when we…
For the law of the Spirit of life in Yeshua HaMashiach set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2 Law – Sometimes it seems like Sha’ul could have written about Alice in Wonderland. One pill makes you bigger (one law gives you life) and the other pill makes you small (one…
Or are you ignorant that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Romans 6:3 Death – Someone once asked George Muller what was his secret for serving God? In his reply, Muller said, “There was a day I died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, taste and will, and died…
We don’t really believe in a God of hope. If we did, we would rejoice in dead ends. No, my observation is that we really believe in the God of stoic perseverance. We believe in that inner resolve of the human spirit that shouts at the dark, “I will not go quietly. I will fight….
The question of life is death. From the moment we are born, death begins its conquest of our body. No matter what we do to convince ourselves otherwise, it will relentlessly, inevitably overtake us. All of us know this fact. It is so much a part of our reality that often sends us into a…
