The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil. —John 7:7 Jesus was not convicted of doing anything wrong. Pilate, the governor, had told the people after interrogating Jesus that he “found no basis for your charges against him” (Luke 23:4, 14, 22). Still, Pilate handed Jesus over to be executed because that is what the people wanted (Luke 23:23-25). He caved in to their desires and handed the innocent Jesus over to be executed. Killing someone is the pinnacle of the hatred that starts in a man’s heart— Jesus said, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality,…

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message you have given me from the Lord is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.” —II Kings 20:19 Because of Hezekiah’s lack of wisdom in security “Isaiah said to Hezekiah, ‘Listen to this message from the Lord: The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king’” (II…

That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. —II Kings 19:35 The Assyrian army boasted greatly of its strength and of not being able to be defeated. Woe to the nation that puts its trust only in its military for defense. Wise is that nation that trusts in the Lord God Almighty for its defense. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7). The Assyrians were defeated. God sent one angel to deal with the Assyrian army. Just one angel eliminated 185,000 season soldiers and an angel’s…

This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. —II Kings 17:7 So disaster will come upon any nation that worships other gods and not the Lord God Almighty. It can come in many forms, but it will come. How can a nation offer its children on the satanic altar of abortion and think it will escape God’s judgment? Our nation worships the gods of sexual promiscuity and sexual perversions of all sorts. It worships at the feet of godless education and family redefinition. This nation flames the god of violence among the youth while it also bows the knee to the engulfing god of debt.…

Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment. —John 5:29 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life. —John 5:39-40 How is it that so many people can go through “religious” motions but never come to a knowledge of the truth as to Who Jesus is? How many people across this land and the world will attend a church, be among believers, yet have refused to receive the eternal life that only comes through…

So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God. —John 5:18 Why were they trying hard to kill Jesus? It was because they knew exactly what He was saying—“making himself equal with God.” Of course Jesus was not MAKING Himself equal with God, He was equal with God! (John 1:1). The Jewish leaders knew precisely what Jesus meant. Why not? That is who He is. Followers of Jesus, let us rejoice in our Great God and King— Jesus! He is the only way to the Father,…

“All this misery is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?” —II Kings 6:33 Whether the Lord directly brings or allows “misery” in our lives, He has His purposes that He plans to work through it. Will we respond like the king of Israel above or will we “wait for the Lord?” “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD” (Psalm 27:14). “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD” (Psalm 31:24). “We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield” (Psalm 33:20). “… as the eyes of servants look…

Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! —John 4:29 Jesus knew everything about the woman he was taking to in the context of the verse above and so He knows everything about you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlDVleJBtA He knows your thoughts and intents, the motivation of your heart and all the things in the deep recessed shadows of your heart. Nothing at all is hidden from Him! Are you doing something you should not be doing? He knows! Are you thinking something you should not be thinking? He knows! Are you planning something you should not be planning? He knows! Are you not trusting Him as you ought…

This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water! You will see neither wind nor rain, says the Lord, but this valley will be filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals. —II Kings 3:16-17 This One who causes a dry riverbed to be filled with water without rain can do anything He desires. He has the power to do so. Surely this One who created all things can bring water to where none exists by supernatural means. This is Who He is— the All Powerful One! He can also do whatever He desires in your…

Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it.” But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors.” So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth’s answer. The king went to bed with his face to the…