The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory… —John 7:18 Whose glory are those in government office seeking if they are not seeking the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ? Is the President seeking God’s glory or his own? How about the Vice- President, the Cabinet, the House of Representatives or Senate either on the national level or state level or any other government leader? Are they seeking to exalt King Jesus or their own “kingdom?” According to the verse above, those who speak in their own authority are seeking their own glory. When a person operates unilaterally, then they are seeking their own glory. Those…

Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” —Luke 10:16 Have you heard this before when you were sharing the gospel with someone— “I’m all set” or “That’s good for you” or That’s what you believe” or I don’t believe in that stuff” or something of that kind? Someone has said, “Well, they are not rejecting you, they are rejecting the message.” That simply is not true according to this passage. Jesus said, “whoever rejects you rejects me…” According to the passage above there is a progression: a person hears then makes a decision to accept or…

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. —Matthew 18:15-17 I was having a discussion with a brother in the Lord Jesus yesterday about the serious, destructive and eternal…

…hell, where… the fire is not quenched. —Mark 9:47-48 I was recently reading that in the 1990’s there were 200,000 murders in the United States and 100,000 of those murders went unsolved. That means there are 100,000 murderers still out in our communities thinking that they have gotten away with their crime. They have gotten away with nothing! “The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good” (Proverbs 15:3). The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground” (Genesis 4:10). Those who think they are getting away with their wickedness are deluding themselves. The Lord…

Jesus Asked— “But who do you say that I am?” —Matthew 16:15 There are some questions that are life changing. Will you marry me? Now there is a question if answered with a yes that should give life-long direction. Or how about, “When can you start?” That question after an interview for a long sought after job will also have major impact in a person’s life. There are many questions that can have major impact on a person’s life. But the most important question ever to be asked is the one above, “But who do you say that I am?” That question, depending on how it is answered it, will…

These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.” —Matthew 15:8-9 Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit. —Matthew 15:14 Here in New Hampshire outside groups promoted the homosexual republican for governor and he won the primary election. These in the kingdom of darkness are spiritually blind and are leading others down a dangerous road to eternal destruction. It matters not if it is religious leaders or non-religious leaders, those who claim to know God, but their hearts are far from Him, they…

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? —Luke 9:25 If you could have all the money in the world, would that make you happy? What if you owned the whole world, would that make you happy? If you owned every animal on the planet, would that make you happy? How about if you plain and simply owned the entire universe, would that make you happy? People who are so focused on the temporal, material side of life will miss out on the spiritual, eternal aspect of life. Jesus told us that life “does not consist in the abundance…

Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water… —Matthew 14:29 The couple owned a farm and earned a good living. Life was good. The Lord put it on their heart to go into missions and move to a remote area to reach a tribal group. Most mission boards would not accept them because they were an older couple, but one mission did. This couple went through a period of training and then off they went into a very remote area of the world. In just about one year they saw the whole tribe they were serving among respond to the gospel and today that tribe is sending…

You will be hated by everyone because of me… —Matthew 10:22 Is there anything you hate— that is, anything you extremely dislike? Isis and other extremists Muslim groups hate Christians. It is a very sad commentary on humanity to have such a hatred for another person or group that you feel you just have to slaughter them— men, women and children. Yes, it is a sad commentary and especially when people believe the lie that they are doing this for God. For Christians to be so treated should not be a surprise. Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged…

Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” —Matthew 9:37-38 My wife and I went to her family farm a couple years ago at harvest time. Five acres is being rented to a man who grows pumpkins and gourds. Apparently, we got there after the harvest took place, but as we look over the growing area there were still a great number of small pumpkins and gourds still in the field. In reality the harvest was not complete and my wife and I filled our vehicle for the children at our…