A fool is someone who rejects God’s Word and lacks reason. Thus, a fool is one who lacks the wisdom of God to live his life. Proverbs 22:15 tells us that we were all born fools. However, God does not want any of us to remain fools. One of the primary duties of every parent […]
A wise soldier will keep his weapons clean and serviced so that they are ready for use at a moment’s notice. As Christians, we are soldiers in God’s army. Our enemies are our flesh and the devil. As we prepare for a new year, it is wise for us to service our spiritual weapons by […]
We live in a spiritually hostile world. The world includes all that is against God. The world is ungodly people, ungodly activities, ungodly entertainment, ungodly talk and anything else that is ungodly. In 2Co 4:4, Satan is called the god of this world. The cares of this world while we live on earth seek to […]
The apostle Paul wrote this second letter to Timothy just prior to his execution in Rome. Paul was now an old man, but Timothy was still relatively young. God had called Timothy to preach and Paul laid his hands on him and ordained him to this work (2Ti 1:6). Because Timothy was young and rather […]
As Jude ends his brief book, he does so with a note of praise. While his message was rather firm and harsh against the false teachers and apostates, his challenge to Christians was beneficial (v.20-21) and needful (v.22-23). In these last two verses, he challenges us to praise God despite apostasy. We ought to praise […]
In spiritual warfare as in physical warfare, the effectiveness of any weapon is directly proportionate to the efficiency of the one operating it. For this reason, during a late, great war, the U.S. Army assigned a new recruit one rifle which he kept throughout his training. It became a part of him. The recruit handled […]
Every piece of God’s armour has one thing in common – the promises of God’s Word. God’s promises of truth, righteousness, peace, and faith are our armour. Tonight we will discover the same about the helmet of salvation. The last time we returned to Australia after a trip to the USA, we were reminded of […]
Several times in our travels, we have stopped on the island of Guam. Houses on Guam are made of cement, rooves, and all. Many houses also have solid shutters for the windows. You see, Guam often endures powerful cyclones and they want their houses to be still standing after the storm passes. That is the […]
Military recruit training is a basic training time for new military recruits. It is an essential time of exhausting exercise, tough discipline, and critical training in the ways of war. Every Christian needs to go through God’s spiritual recruit training to get in shape and to learn how to fight spiritual enemies. Many Christians never […]
Someone once said, “The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.” The “rocks” in the stream of life often seem to be a burden but if God removed all of them we would no longer need to trust Him and lean on Him for strength. They are really a blessing in disguise. […]