Carnality and the Light

These verses show what the early churches, and society at large, were dealing with…. the same issues as today!  What is true and decent does not include carnality. The early Christians were learning what was light, according to God.  Like us, they were already well-versed in the dark.

Romans 13:12-13 (TLB) …... So quit the evil deeds of darkness and put on the armor of right living, as we who live in the daylight should! Be decent and true in everything you do so that all can approve your behavior. Don’t spend your time in wild parties and getting drunk or in adultery and lust or fighting or jealousy.

4/27/2025

Primitive Idols

This verse refers to actual statues made of gold or silver and literally worshiped. How primitive and ignorant, right? But if the statue represents making money, sexuality, power, celebrity, or fame in place of having a relationship or guidance from God? Then yes, they are all idols.

Isaiah 46:6 (MSG)  6 “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out,a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!

4/20/2025

The Light of God

 

Living without the light of God, you are blind to so much. Paul, and other religious leaders, thought the teachings of Jesus were subversive, not holy. But Jesus shined his light, exposed Paul’s sin, and he grew into a full fledged child of the light. You never know who can change, or how.

Ephesians 5:13-14 (TLB) 13 But when you expose them, the light shines in upon their sin and shows it up, and when they see how wrong they really are, some of them may even become children of light! 14 That is why God says in the Scriptures, “Awake, O sleeper, and rise up from the dead; and Christ shall give you light.”

4/13/2025

Time Limits

 

Your idea of what is thrilling and beautiful about life has a time limit. Human proclivity runs its course in sad and tragic ways. Until you understand these verses, My only hope is in your love and faithfulness, you have yet to know the deepest truths about what is thrilling and beautiful.

Psalms 40:11-12 (TLB) 11 O Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me! My only hope is in your love and faithfulness. 12 Otherwise I perish, for problems far too big for me to solve are piled higher than my head. Meanwhile my sins, too many to count, have all caught up with me, and I am ashamed to look up. My heart quails within me.

6/4/2025