The Lord is the Lord of all the earth. Some have said the Bible is just the history of the Jewish people, and it does include their history, but it is also the revelation of God and His plan for…
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God Is My Salvation
Isaiah looks forward to the day after the day of judgement. He looks to the day when the descendents of evildoers will never be remembered. He looks forward to the day when “he will gather the outcasts of Israel”. But…
The Light of Israel
The Lord will bring judgement with justice and righteousness for those that are oppressed. And he will show himself strong against those that are arrogant with intent to destroy as the king of Assyria is described in Isaiah 10:7 “For…
A Child Has Been Born For Us
Judgement is coming. The Lord said in Isaiah 1:13 “I cannot endure iniquity with solemn assembly” and in Isaiah 8:6–8 “Because this people has refused”, and now he is calling Egypt and Assyria to war with Judah and Jerusalem right…
My Eyes Have Seen the King
The first five chapters of Isaiah lay out God’s plan, and “they have rejected the instruction of the Lord”. Now, in chapter six King Uzziah dies. The nation had prospered but in the end, prophecy had been cut off because…
Yahweh (the Lord) Takes His Stand
Isaiah delivers a message saying there is a “day of the Lord”. There will be a time of judgement where God “in the glory of his majesty” will stand before all and decree for each according to what they themselves…
Yahweh (the Lord) has Spoken
As we finish reading John’s letters, we find him dealing with a mature church in a fallen world. Even in the church there are those that operate as the world does, seeking position and trying to control others. John encourages…
Love is From God
In these short letters, John emphasizes God’s love for us as revealed by the life of Jesus Christ. It is because he came in the flesh that he could also pay the price for our sin and open the way…
And This is His Commandment
John encourages them to live a sinless life and this is because Jesus Christ is our advocate. Jesus not only paid the price for our past sin, he is interceding on our behalf even now. So, the condemnation of sin…
This is My Beloved Son
John lays out the testimony of Jesus Christ. There are the eyewitnesses, the apostles. There was the voice of God from heaven when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. And there is the prophetic word written many years before…
Contend for the Faith
When Jude says “contend for the faith”, he doesn’t mean be contentious. Jude adds this admonition, “keep yourselves in the love of God”. There is a truth we have been given that Jude describes as “the faith delivered once and…
The Spirit of Glory and of God Rests on You
We read in 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. God sees everything, and…
His Great Mercy Has Caused Us to be Born Again
Peter had personal challenges to his faith and even denied Christ three times yet still became a pillar in the church. It is the grace of God that protects us and strengthens us and he has given us his Holy…