THE KING OF GLORY Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty— he is the King of glory. —Psalm 24:7-10 The King of glory is who we serve! There is none other like Him. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14; 19:16). Every knee will bow to…

EVIDENCE ABOUNDS FOR GOD The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. —Psalm 19:1 People who deny that God is Creator is calling Him a liar and will not accept the testimony of His hands— the very creation itself. We look up during the day and ponder the Sun, clouds and moon with its pill-white appearance. We ponder the moon and stars at night. These are a clear declarations of God’s glory and of His handiwork. And people still say “There is no God.” The heavens and sky “speak” each and every day. The heavens and sky “proclaim the work of his hands.”…

WE WILL BE LIKE JESUS When I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness. —Psalm 17:`5 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. —I John 3:2 Here’s the hope that we have as followers of Jesus. We have eternal life, but this tent needs to be packed away some day (II Corinthians 5:1) and we will receive a new body —“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord…

ACCUSERS OF GOD “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” —Job 40:2 Then the Lord spoke — “Would you condemn me to justify yourself? —Job 40:6, 8 How often do people “condemn” God “to justify” themselves? One day people that accuse God will answer to Him. People say, “Well, if God was a good God He would not let such and such happen.” They accuse God of wrong-doing and of not being good. Yes, they will answer to Him one day whether they think they will or not. Too many people think they are just and right in their own…

IN BONDAGE Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? —Job 38:2 In our world there are so many “words without knowledge.” People do not really know what they are talking about. They come up with their own ideas and think they know. The Apostle Paul said, “My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2-3). In Jesus is “hidden all the treasures of wisdom and…

LISTEN AND APPLY! “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?” —Job 36:22 There is none like the Lord God Almighty… none! He is all powerful— just look at the magnitude of the universe He created. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world” (Psalm 19:1-4). The testimony about God’s existence is so evident through…

FORGIVEN! “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you: “ ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’” —Acts 13:38-41 “Justified, acquitted and declared not guilty! Treated as if we were righteous and as if we had not offended and are free from the guilt…

YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR SUFFERING! So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with…

TRUE FREEDOM! So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter…

COVER OF DARKNESS When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief. The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed. In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light. For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness. —Job 24:14-17 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. —John 13:30 But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.…