Tag Archives: David

You Who Are the Confidence

“By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas;” – Psa. 65:5

God is our confidence.

Die Once

“And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” Heb. 9:27

Reincarnation is not a Biblical concept.

Saved FOR Good Works, Not BY Good Works

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” – Eph. 2:10

We are saved FOR good works, not BY good works.

Calm, Part 1: Be Calm

“Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted,” – Isa. 7:4

The Christian attitude is marked by calm; a settled inner repose of quiet unaffected by circumstances.

Jesus Fills All In All

“Jesus fills all in all.” – Eph. 1:23

Jesus constantly pervades all things with His love and power (cf. Jer. 23:24; 1 Kings 8:27; Psa. 139:7).

God Is a Consuming Fire

“Our God is a consuming fire!” – Heb. 12:29

In case you were told sin is not that big of a deal.

Few Are Chosen

“many are called, but few are chosen.” – Jesus (Matt. 22:14)

Jesus does not say “many are called, but few chose.”

Ignorant and Going Astray

“He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray,” – Heb. 5:2a

Jesus deals gently with struggling believers.

Jesus’s Sympathy

“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” – Heb. 4:15

In Greek Sympathize means more than “feeling pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune.” It’s a compound word: sun (with) and paschó (to suffer).

Jesus suffers with our weakness. He is there with us as we are tempted… or as we failed a temptation.

Tell That Poor Wretch

“If you meet that poor wretch that thrust the spear into My side, tell him there is another way, a better way; of coming to My heart, if he will repent, and look upon Whom he has pierced and will mourn.

I will cherish him in that very bosom he has wounded; he shall find the blood he shed an ample atonement for the sin of shedding it.

And tell him from Me, he will put Me to more pain and displeasure by refusing this offer of My blood, than when he drew it forth.” – Benjamin Grosvenor (1675-1758) “The Temper of Jesus Christ towards His Enemies, and His Grace to the Chief of Sinners.”