Genesis 6: 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. Was the flood an act of grace? Does that sound like a ridiculous question? I received a comment mixed in with […]
Ephesians 4: 15 But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ. Here is the conclusion of Paul’s soliloquy. This verse of Ephesians 4 could well be called the topical sentence of all that comes after it. The verses which we have […]
Ephesians 4: 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. There is continuity in Paul’s teaching to the Ephesians. He begins at a basic place; redemption. Paul tells us to put on the new self that was won for us through Christ’s victory. […]
Romans 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. There is a lot of chatter about the wrath of God and it never ceases to surprise me. Why are we absorbed with talking about the wrath of God? There is no […]
Psalm 34: 22 None of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. Psalm 34 is one of the truly great psalms of David and in running a search, I find I have written on it several times, especially verse 10. I have never, however, written on verse 22 before. As I read Psalm […]