Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.   For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ( Jude 1:3-4) Not twenty years after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, while there were still people alive that had seen Him and spoken with Him, some had even eaten with Him, false teachers were already forming within the local bodies denying the resurrection and the deity of Jesus Christ. Just as the Apostle Peter had to deal with false teachers in his second epistle ( 2Peter 2:1-3 ), Jude who identifies himself as the brother of James was   inspired to write to a church in an unknown location not concerning salvation...

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, “He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise” (Luke 3:11)   (Luke 3:10-11) Prayers in Pursuit of God One of the most difficult things for men to comprehend is that we have no real knowledge of good and bad. The natural man perceives by his action whether he is good or bad. However, this obedience to the law ( what appears as good ) is not truly good at all, because obedience is out of obligation. Even the most devout Christian desires a reward ( be it eternal life or heaven ) for his obedience. It may be hard to grasp that a person can do what is perfectly right and still not be right by our Heavenly Father. If it were possible for a man to never break the law, it would be just as possible for that man to be perfectly obedient and not know the Father in his good works. Consider this story; a teenage boy sees an old l...

Peculiar People For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth Deuteronomy 14:2 (KJV) The way we interact with people can often determine whether we rightly represent Christ in our everyday life or if we are just blending in as one of the multitudes.    Laughing at off-color jokes, or saying nothing during gossip, or in an immoral situation giving permission to the person telling the joke, or gossiping    that it is OK to continue in your presence. If we fail to laugh, we discourage this behavior. Asking before they start “ Is this a clean joke ? ”, or are you about to gossip? Develops future boundaries, that will be soon spread throughout the area as to the type of communication is acceptable in your presence.     However, removing yourselves from that behavior is not enough. The bible teaches th...

The bible says “ The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable ” I would contend that the lips of the righteous know what God has in store. Today at work I was speaking to one of my coworkers about a tribe in Africa that when someone experiences a lost the whole tribe  circumscribes her or him and cries with them; their pain becomes part of the community, and everyone works to help them through their struggles, help them cry right through their pain. Oh how powerful it is to know that someone is there for you crying not because of their personal suffering, but because of your suffering, in anguish because  you are in anguish, hurting because of your lost. When I got home from work I signed on to FaceBook   and one of my new friends had posted how difficult it was dealing with the lost of a significant other. I just like him have a hard time dealing with the lost of someone I care for. However even though it seams I’m never one for a lost of words,...