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Psalm 114 1 When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? 6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob, 8 Who turned the roc

Luke 12:49-51 records Jesus’ statements about His earthly mission, and they do not inspire warm, fuzzy feelings in the reader. Here, Jesus emphasized the division brought by the gospel and the stress of knowing His painful death was quickly approaching. He said, “I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on the ear

After converting many to Christ with the gospel in Thessalonica, Paul and his companions had to leave because of the Jews who were jealously persecuting believers (Acts 17:1-10). Paul wrote to the Thessalonian Christians shortly thereafter, having heard about their faithfulness and their labor in the cause of Christ (1 Thess. 1:2-3). Paul wrote to encourage them to continue faithfully growing in Christ, viewing their progress so positively that he told them to continue excell

In Ephesians 4:11-13, Paul wrote that after Jesus ascended, He “gave gifts to men,” and then listed some of those gifts. All of the gifts mentioned in those verses pertain to the leadership of the church, to those who would teach, instruct, correct, and guide the church as God continued to reveal His Word. Those gifts, which were imparted by the Holy Spirit to the Christians at that time, were designed to be temporary, after which elders, deacons, and preachers would continue

There is a common thought that once a person becomes a Christian, they don’t need to care as much about sin, since all their sins have...

Some read through the Bible and hope for additional input from the Holy Spirit along the way. They pray for God’s guidance, they pray to...