Blessings: We talk about them and we count them. But are we going after all the "right" ones? Or only after the "comfortable" ones?
Have you ever considered the true condition of the people around you and their contribution to the development or destruction of morality in our society?
As a religious educator of students with special needs I have come to know God more fully and how to better serve others.
Why are the views of Christ different?
The book of Acts reports of the events following the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. In the gospels, Jesus is preaching, while in the book of Acts He is being preached. It is in the Acts that we witness the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the manifestation of the power that came with it.
Did I not choose the twelve of you myself? Yet one of you is a devil!”(John 6:70)
Every utterance that comes out of the holy lips of the Son of Man is the truth and nothing but the truth. No believer of the Son of Man will contest that. The preceding holy utterance is a categorical and indisputable admission that of the dozen men He chose to follow Him in His work of salvation one person was the “devil in disguise”. He involved His enemy in His teaching ministry. The other eleven were not. The Lord’s revelation was not a riddle or a figure of speech or a joke. He was emphatic. The apostle who was a “devil in disguise” must be a person who acted in opposition to the fulfillment of the Scriptures because no demon or devil obeys, follows or agrees with the command or word of God. It always acts in opposition to God.
“Now faith is the assurance of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see [and] the conviction of their reality”. –Hebrews 11:1 from the Amplified Bible.
Have you ever experienced praying and not receiving an answer? Well, don’t give up, because God is in control. Here are some insights that will help your Christian life.
Is our own opinion of our selves important?
A quick look at the gospel according to John including it’s time-line, authorship and distinguishing characteristics.
