OUR GOD OVER THE IMPOSSIBLE “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” —Luke 18:24-27 God can do anything He wants to do. God is God and we are not. There are things that we want to know, but they are out of our grasp. There are things we want to understand, but they are beyond our…

Pray! Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up… However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? —Luke 18:2, 8 Are you ready to give up? Have you prayed for a person or persons for years and have not seen an answer? Maybe you have prayed about a situation and it has not changed. Are you questioning whether God cares? Are you asking if He even knows? Are you losing faith? If you are, then this Word is for you. This parable in Luke 18:1-8 was given by Jesus to deal with this…

REMEMBER! Remember Lot’s wife! —Luke 17:32 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” —Genesis 19:16-17 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. —Genesis 19:26 Lot’s wife disobeyed and she was judged because of it. We are to remember her and not do…

BEWARE OF THE TEMPTERS! And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. —Luke 17:1-2 The Lord Jesus is not happy with those who tempt others to sin. In Romans 1:32 we are told there are those who do evil things and “they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” What are some of the wicked things they approve?…

THE PLACE OF TORMENT! “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ” It is hard to wrap our minds around eternal life in a place of pleasure— Heaven where…

LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL! The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. —Luke 16:14 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” —Luke 16:13 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for…

HEAVEN REJOICES! In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. —Luke 15:10 Heaven is impacted by a sinner who repents! You and I can also be involved in that rejoicing as we see a sinner repent and trust the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness, relationship with God through Jesus, eternal life and an inheritance that will never fade away. When was the last time you and I rejoice over a sinner who repented? When was the last time heaven was impacted because of our faithfulness in sharing the gospel and seeing a lost person repent?…

LOVE’S EVIDENCE IS OBEDIENCE But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” —I Samuel 15:22-23 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be…

HEARTACHE But his (Samuel’s) sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. —I Samuel 8:3 These are sad words. Any parent’s heart aches for a child who does not follow the Lord. I know mine does. I pray for him daily and for his wife and for their soon to be born child… sometimes multiple times each day. This song expresses how I want to live, but also how I desire to see my son, his wife and their soon to be born daughter to live as well. O Lord, may it be so! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLX83HbefrI Yes, may it be so…

PEACE—ONLY IN JESUS Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” —Luke 12:51-53 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of me. —Matthew 10:21-22 There are those who still think that peace will…