Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves butContinue reading “1 Peter 1: 10-16….You live in the now, so roll up your sleeves!”
Category Archives: Obedience
James 4: 1-6…..Unbelievable behaviour!
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive,Continue reading “James 4: 1-6…..Unbelievable behaviour!”
1 Samuel 9: 11-17 Saul and the seer meet on the road!
As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?” They answered, “He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on theContinue reading “1 Samuel 9: 11-17 Saul and the seer meet on the road!”
1 Samuel 8: 19-9; 2….A decision made.
But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” And when Samuel had heard all the wordsContinue reading “1 Samuel 8: 19-9; 2….A decision made.”
Hebrews 12: 25-29… There is more to come!
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more IContinue reading “Hebrews 12: 25-29… There is more to come!”
1 Samuel 3: 15-21…. A hard call!
Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.” And Eli said, “What was it that he told you? Do not hide it fromContinue reading “1 Samuel 3: 15-21…. A hard call!”
Hebrews 11: 8-16….. Abraham and Sarah et al.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob,Continue reading “Hebrews 11: 8-16….. Abraham and Sarah et al.”
Hebrews 10: 19-25….so what is next?
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heartContinue reading “Hebrews 10: 19-25….so what is next?”
As I read it! 