At the heart of every believer’s relationship with God is the requirement to praise Him. The first song in the Bible is essentially a song of praise and thanksgiving to God. This melody of praise was sung by the Israelites when they were crossing the Red Sea. Why should we praise God? The first reason …
Faithfulness to God does not guarantee believers freedom from trouble, pain, and suffering in their lives. Jesus taught that we are to expect it, as expressed in verses one through four and thirty-three from chapter sixteen of the book of John in the New Testament. There are various reasons why believers suffer. The righteous followers …
The Bible mentions angels frequently who are known as messengers. They are God’s heavenly messengers or servants created by God before the world began. The Bible speaks of good and evil angels even though all angels were made good and holy. Having the freedom of choice, numerous angels joined Satan’s rebellion and turned from their …
In the Old Testament, the fear of the Lord was something pleasant and wholesome, the principal source of wisdom. In the Bible, there are four general categories of fear: demonic fear, the fear of man, normal fear of danger in the physical realm, and holy fear in the spiritual realm. The fear of the Lord …
In Biblical terms, providence means God’s continual care for His creation and people. After the Lord created heaven and earth, He did not abandon it to run its own. Instead, God is a loving Father who cares for what He has made. He continues to be involved in the lives of His people and the …
God’s relationship with His people is known as a “covenant.” The word first occurs from the Old Testament in Genesis verse eighteen of chapter six. God addresses Noah and plans for his family and extends into a new covenant with humankind with Jesus Christ. God wants us to live in a covenantal relationship with him …
The call of believers similar to Abram as recorded in the book of Genesis chapter twelve begins a new chapter in the OT revelation of God’s purpose to redeem and save humanity. God intended to have a man who would know and serve Him with loyal faith. The call like Abram would come a family …
God is an infinite, eternal, self-existent Being who is the First Cause of all present. There was never a moment that God did not exist. God existed eternally and infinitely before creating the universe. He is above, independent of, and before all in heaven and on earth. God created man in His image who made …
The Lord’s Prayer. The most famous prayer in the Holy Book. What does this prayer mean? First of all, prayer involves the worship of the heavenly Father. As the Father, God loves and cares for us. He welcomes our fellowship and intimacy. Through Christ, we have access to Him at any time to worship and …
What is dishonesty? Dishonesty ranges from being untruthful to lying. However, between these terms, other words fall into the category that seems less harsh. Fabricate, sneaky, shady, misleading, and crooked appear less. No matter how we look at it, in the end, dishonesty is not good. People that participate in schemes of deceit eventually experience …
