The Meaning of the Cross

By Not Known But we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Cor. 1:23-24) As we head into the final week of the Lent Season, it is appropriate…

Respond to The Great Covenantal God!

By Not Known I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the  Egyptians (Exodus 6:7). Exodus 6:7 is a wonderful message from God to Moses! The Covenant-keeping God remembered…

The Blessedness of Salvation in Christ

By Not Known When the LORD first appeared to Moses in Exodus 3, He told Moses in verses 19-20, “I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do…

Sustained by the Steadfast Love of God

By Not Known Suffering, failure, sin, illness, loneliness, and disappointment, they all come in a seemingly endless variety of shapes and sizes. At times, there seems to be no way to turn, either backward or forward. There is no light at either end of the tunnel. In the midst of all these, three common questions…

God’s Mouthpiece

By Not Known In today’s passage, Moses is seen to question or doubt God for choosing him to lead His people out of Egypt. Even after his encounter with God through the burning bush, God’s revelation of His name “I AM,” the provision of the staff, the miracle of the leprous hand as well as…

“The Three Tenses of Salvation”

By Not Known Ephesians 2:8 The biblical teaching on Christian salvation indicates a three-dimensional perspective, including salvation, sanctification, and glorification. In Eph. 2:8, Paul writes, “For by grace you have been saved through faith.” Salvation is understood as a past event or dealing with the penalty of sin, indicating a completed action. In Cor. 1:18,…

Blessings in Believing

By Not Known “Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil his promises to her!” Luke 1:45 The word “believed” can be viewed simply by believers as putting trust in something or someone. The Bible explains that believing in Jesus involves the mind, the heart as well as outward actions, such as…

The Blessedness of Gathering under His Word

By Not Known The Church is not our idea but God’s. It is an assembly formed by and under the word of God (Deut. 4:10). Moses would look back to the day the first church was formed at Mt. Sinai in Exodus 19-20 and call it “the day of the assembly” (Deut. 9:10; 10:4; 18:16).…