After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven,Continue reading “Revelation 4: 1-5….Many Questions”
Category Archives: The church
Revelation 3: 14-22….Does this fit the 21st century church?
“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spitContinue reading “Revelation 3: 14-22….Does this fit the 21st century church?”
Revelation 3: 7-13….Not a negative word!
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is ableContinue reading “Revelation 3: 7-13….Not a negative word!”
Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not foundContinue reading “Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!”
Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I haveContinue reading “Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess”
Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed amongContinue reading “Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!”
Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Summary: Following on what I have pictured as Asaph’s leading of the congregationContinue reading “Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!”
Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.All in vain have I keptContinue reading “Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!”
1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.Now IContinue reading “1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally”
1 Corinthians 14: 26-40….Decently and In Order
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if thereContinue reading “1 Corinthians 14: 26-40….Decently and In Order”
As I read it! 