Getting Job-ed

“And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors… For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses.” Matthew 6:12, 14-15 CSB Bitterness is such an infectious emotion …

… Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world. 1 Peter 5:8-9 CSB In our Christian journey and …

You believe that God is one. Good! Even the demons believe- and shudder. Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? James 2:19-20 CSB This may sound offensive to you, but Satan really does have more knowledge about God and who He is than you …

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth. For you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t …

Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert: “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God?” Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint …

Who do I have in heaven but you? And I desire nothing on earth but you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26 CSB When I first heard a preacher discuss these verses above, it was absolutely …

So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. Many came to him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” And many believed in him there. John 10:40-42 CSB I don’t like …

Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so that I would not exalt myself. Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is …

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 CSB “‘What is truth?’ said Pilate” is what John 18:38 CSB states. The late …

In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12 CSB I feel like it is extremely necessary to really define both persecution and afflictions. I feel like in Christianity we tend to think, “yes we’re all afflicted but not all …

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven. Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but …

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but it is the power of God to us who are being saved. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent. Where is …

Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”… From that moment, many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?” John 6:60, 66-67 …

Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. So  then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”                       Mark 2:27-29 CSB Sabbath was a practice set in place by God …

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:25-26 CSB   I love all of the Bible, but I’ve always loved Matthew’s Gospel …