LEAVES ON THE BLESSED MAN’S TREE

Psalm 1:3; Matthew 21:19 “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” Psalm 1:3 (ESV) Nothing but leaves for our Savior is a total disaster, but leaves are important too. When did you

THE END OF THE WAY FOR THE BLESSED AND FOR THE NON-BLESSED

Psalm 1:4-6; Job 23:10-12 “. . . for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” Psalm 1:6 (ESV) What a contrast here!  And how comforting to know that our Guide knows personally every stick and stone and bump, and bog and turn in our particular road,

SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 5

Hooked, or Just Nibbling on the Bait? John 6:63-69 “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to  know, that you are the Holy One of God.” (vs. 68, 69 ESV) I love to go fishing, but I despise a place where a

SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 4

More About Cheap Grace Luke 14:25-33 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sister, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. . . So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has

SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 3

Cheap Grace Isaiah 55:1-7 “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (vs. 6,

SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 2

More on Safe Sin Numbers 32:23; Proverbs 28:13 “. . . and be sure your sin will find you out.” Num. 32:23 Recently there has been a great furor over a very popular and really excellent basketball player who proved to have the Aids Virus.  Apparently, there was no question of it having been acquired

SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 1

Safe Sin Genesis 3:1-4; Ezekiel 18:20-23 “But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’” (Gen. 3:4-5 ESV) From the very beginning, the old Devil has been trying to

CHAPTER AND VERSE – Part 2

Give Them Chapter and Verse Psalm 56:8-13 “For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?” (v. 13 NKJV) In the last devotional on this subject, I did not intend to belittle in any way the

CHAPTER AND VERSE – Part 1

Give Me Chapter and Verse 1 Timothy 3:14-17 “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” (vs.

MORE ABOUT THE MAN GOD CALLS BLESSED – Part 2

Psalm 1 “Blessed is the man who . . .is like a tree planted by streams of water . . .” (vs. 1, 3a ESV) Moving ahead in Psalm 1 we find out something else about this Blessed Man. (Remember, the dictionary says this is one who has been cleansed, purified, sanctified, by blood at