Tag: repentance
Biblical Principle #373: An Evil Spirit Sent to Saul
Biblical Principles List Principle The Bible says that God sent an evil spirit upon Saul. Explanation We previously observed how the Bible says in 1 Samuel 16 (1 Kingdoms 16) that Saul was given an “evil spirit” from GOD to torment him. 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil…
Biblical Principle #366: Return of the Ark of the Covenant Brought Repentance
Biblical Principles List Principle The return of the ark of the covenant to Israel eventually resulted in Israel’s repentance and return to GOD. Explanation Israel had foolishly turned to trusting in the ark of the covenant for deliverance from Philistine oppression, rather than repenting and seeking after GOD. When the Israelites brought the ark of…
Biblical Principle #365: The Ark of the Covenant Plagued the Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Once captured, the presence of Israel’s ark of the covenant brought great suffering upon the Philistines. Explanation The Philistines once captured Israel’s ark of the covenant. That did not go as the Philistines had imagined. It first started with the temple of Dagon, god of the Philistines: 1 The Philistines took…
Biblical Principle #351: God’s Discipline Increased with Israel’s Rebellion
Biblical Principles List Principle As Israel’s idolatrous rebellion increased, so also did God’s discipline of Israel. Explanation Once the Israelites had conquered Canaan, and Joshua’s generation had died, the people quickly broke their covenant with GOD and began to serve the Canaanite gods, beginning with Baal and the Ashtoreths. 10 And when all that generation…
5 Simple Yet Powerful Lessons I Learned from My First Sermon
Last week Dad brought me the cassette tape pictured with this article. It contains the recording of my first ever sermon. The date was January 29, 1995, Mom’s birthday weekend. I was 14 years old. Fourteen! Looking back on that experience 21 years ago, as of this writing, and the month of preparation leading up…
Biblical Baptism, Part 4 (What was the purpose of John the Baptist’s Baptism?)
What was the purpose of John the Baptist’s baptism? Why was John baptizing Jews who lived under the Law of Moses? In this post, we’ll answer these questions. … Welcome to part 4 of my series on baptism. These posts build on each other. If you need to catch up, here are links to the…
What is the Purpose of the Church? (Why Does Jesus’ Church Exist?)
In this post, I’m continuing down the train of thought I began with the post entitled “What Does GOD Want from Me?” We’ve considered GOD’s purpose for us individually and looked at some things the Scriptures teach us to be incorporating in our life. Today, we attempt to answer the question, “What is GOD’s purpose…
What Does it Mean to Believe (According to the Bible)? [part 1]
What it means to believe is the single most foundational concept in the Bible. And it’s also perhaps the most misunderstood concept. The Bible says that an unbeliever cannot be approved by GOD (see Heb. 11:6; Rev. 21:8). Yet, some passages regarding belief seem to contradict one another. For example, Rom. 10:13 says that everyone who…
December 27 – Revelation (part 1)
Reading Rev. 1:1-3:22 Devotional Today begins our five-day look at the last book in the Bible, Revelation. Sometime between 65 and 95 A.D., Jesus appeared to the apostle John, while he was in exile on the island of Patmos, through a vision and told John to write what he saw in a book. John was…
December 20 – Letters from James and Jude
Reading James 1:1-5:20 Jude 1-25 Devotional At the same time Paul and other apostles are working to spread the gospel, other important leaders within the church are also working and writing. Two of these men are James and Jude. These men are generally believed to be the James and Jude who were brothers of Jesus,…
