Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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December 15 For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the many parts of that one body are one body, so also is Christ. — 1 Corinthians 12:12

The Need to Belong

At a national convention, sociologists came to a conclusion that I think you will find fascinating. They said most of the problems, the troubles, the anxieties and the turmoil that plague our society today are due to … to what? Now, this is not an assembly of Christians; these are secular sociologists meeting in national convention, and they said most of the turmoil, troubles, anxieties and problems that plague our society are due... More
December 14 … choose today whom you will serve … — Joshua 24:15

Valley of Indecision

One of the great problems in the Church today is that people just can't make up their minds. One minute they determine they are going to serve God and Christ. The next minute they are afraid they are going to miss out on some goodies of this world. They don't want to become too religious, and so they have just enough religion to make themselves miserable, but certainly not enough to get them into heaven. However, their indecisiveness will one... More
December 13 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! — Isaiah 5:20

Right from Wrong

Many times, we find that our modern society has things exactly backwards. They do what Isaiah decried—they call evil good, and they call good evil. Let me indulge in a bit of sarcasm to illustrate this phenomenon. We have a problem today in sexual matters. The problem is that we have so many of you who are "homophobes." Ah, that is the problem. No doubt homophobes have caused the plague of AIDS. Our problem is not perversion. Our... More
December 13 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! — Isaiah 5:20

Right from Wrong

Many times, we find that our modern society has things exactly backwards. They do what Isaiah decried—they call evil good, and they call good evil. Let me indulge in a bit of sarcasm to illustrate this phenomenon. We have a problem today in sexual matters. The problem is that we have so many of you who are "homophobes." Ah, that is the problem. No doubt homophobes have caused the plague of AIDS. Our problem is not perversion. Our... More
December 12 Then Elisha prayed, “LORD, open his eyes and let him see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha. — 2 Kings 6:17

Chariots of Fire

If we had supernatural vision, we would see all around us God’s angels protecting us. That was certainly the case in biblical history. For example, when enemy forces came against Elisha, as recorded in 2 Kings 6, the prophet could see God’s heavenly army protecting him. But Elisha’s servant couldn’t see that until Elisha prayed for his eyes to be opened. Spiritual vision is something that is vitally important, as the... More
December 12 Then Elisha prayed, “LORD, open his eyes and let him see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha. — 2 Kings 6:17

Chariots of Fire

If we had supernatural vision, we would see all around us God’s angels protecting us. That was certainly the case in biblical history. For example, when enemy forces came against Elisha, as recorded in 2 Kings 6, the prophet could see God’s heavenly army protecting him. But Elisha’s servant couldn’t see that until Elisha prayed for his eyes to be opened. Spiritual vision is something that is vitally important, as the... More
December 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways. — Psalm 91:11

Angels

God sends his angels to minister to and to watch over His elect, even those who are about to come to conversion, lest they should perish before they are saved. Corrie ten Boom, that brave Dutch lady who protected so many Jews during World War II, tells how, during a rebellion in the Congo, there was a school where 200 children of missionaries were being taught. Hundreds of rebel soldiers were closing in on that school. Word had come to... More