Galatians 5:22-25: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such, there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Notice that it is “fruit of the Spirit”. It’s not “works of the Spirit’, neither is it “fruit of the flesh”. The word “works” implies “labor, strain, and effort” Fruit doesn’t come from the flesh because our old sin nature can only produce “works” (Heb. 9:14 ...

Psalm 36:5-7, "Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." Psalm 91:1-6, "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will ...

The following scriptures are proof that God has a purpose and a (Kairos) time for everything. Galatians 4:4 (NKJV) "But when the fullness of the time had come. God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law" Habakkuk 2:3 (NKJV) For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. Isaiah 49:8 (NKJV) Thus says the Lord: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of ...

Most of us know how to tell what time it is just by looking at a clock. In today’s age, some cannot read an old-fashioned clock, or what is known as an analog clock because they have grown up with digital clocks, the kind that straight out tells you what time it is, usually in big bright red numbers. That’s just progress.  If we go far enough back in time most of us would have a hard time reading a sundial.  I’m thankful that we have clocks, computers, and cell phones that can tell us what time it is. The ...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan Reveals the Plan of Salvation and the Return of Jesus Christ.  Luke 10:25-37 (NKJV) “And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him (Jesus), saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He (Jesus) said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"  So he answered and said, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.' " And He said to him, "You have ...

2500 years ago and 700 years before Jesus was born, God spoke through the prophet, Isaiah, and said: "And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious."  (Isaiah 11:10) Jesse was the father of David, and Jesus was a descendant of David.  So this is speaking of Jesus coming to earth.  Even Gentiles will seek Him and, as the prophecy states, "his rest shall be glorious".   Here is another important fact.  The six-pointed star was the ...

I spent 49 years of my life as a commercial printer, but little did I realize that when I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I also became a printer in the spiritual sense. Did you know that every Christian is a "printer", at least in the spiritual sense?  1 Peter 2:5 says, "Ye also, as lively (living) stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." The word for stones is "lithos" in the original Greek language.  Lithos is where we get the word “lithography” ...

Acts 22:25-28, “And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.  And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.” Here is the background: The religious Jews ...

Someone once said there is no such thing as a “free lunch”.  There are indeed few things in life that are free. Usually, if something is advertised as being “free,” there are conditions to be met, stated in a small type, and difficult to read. If you are familiar with the internet, you have probably seen posts claiming a service offered is free, but once you download the program, your computer becomes infected with malware or something worse.  I’m speaking from experience, so I always question anything that claims to be free of charge.  But there is something free in ...

Psalm 18:30: "As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him." That the "word of the Lord is proven" is evident in hundreds of scriptures, but a very prominent one involves Tyre, one of the oldest cities on the Mediterranean coast directly north of Jerusalem.  Originally, the city was made up of two parts. One was on the mainland and the other was about 1/2 mile off the coast, and that is where the majority of the people lived. The island city of Tyre had ...