Save Us From This Heavy Hand!
1 Samuel 5:6The LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. 1 Samuel 5:9But…
Sound teaching, hard passages, prophecy, and errors to avoid.
1 Samuel 5:6The LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. 1 Samuel 5:9But…
To be unfaithful to the LORD is to put your own welfare in jeopardy. To be unfaithful to the LORD is actually suicidal. To be unfaithful to the LORD is a risk that everyone in their right mind avoids.
Most times we are guilty and we know it. We may deny responsibility but deep within us, we know that we are guilty. For the sake of surviving punishment, we may completely deny and feign innocence but we know within us that we are guilty. We may win cases out of technicalities or corrupt connections and we are declared innocent but we know that we are guilty. Many times we always knew when we are guilty.
If you know what must soon take place all fear for the future is gone. If you know what must soon take place you prepare for the future. If you know what must soon take place your priorities change. If you know what must soon take place things will never look the same as they are today. Knowing what must soon take place is life-changing!
Speak about them as a warning to others. Preach about them to save others from following their falsehoods. Warn everyone about them. Let everyone know that these people are our opponents. Let everyone know the teachings they are peddling around and that they should avoid entertaining it. Contend for your faith!
It is careless to accept any and every teaching without interrogating if the interpretation is right. God inspired the Apostle John and others to warn us against certain teachings within the Christian church that is contrary to faith. Have you interrogated the teachings of the community you worship with? Have you read for yourself and confirmed if they are the proper interpretations of scripture? If the Apostles
This is a difficult text to interpret. Particularly those last words after the full colon. In this world, we are like Jesus. What? Yes, that is what Apostle John has been inspired to tell the church that time and us today. In this world, we are like Jesus.
This judgment will begin with God’s household. If judgment will begin with God’s household, those who are committed, how shall it be with those who have refused to make a commitment? If the best student finds it difficult we should all be warned!
Spouses hide each other’s wrongdoing. When a spouse exposes their partner, they have failed miserably in that partnership. There is no love. To tell the world that my spouse is so bad because he or she does this and that is a sign of immaturity in faith and life in general. Why tell the world about the weaknesses of your spouse? Many times its revenge and an attempt to blackmail, hurt, and embarrass. He doesn’t perform. She is dirty and careless. That is a sign of immaturity and lost love. Love in its true sense covers a multitude of sins!