Job believes he knows God. However, through enormous adversity, Job learns that he only has heard rumors about God. In desperation Job cries, “But I know my living Redeemer, and He will stand on the dust at last. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh. I will…
Month: April 2010
“Impossible With Men” (Luke 19: 10, HCSB) by Carley Evans
“All who see it begin to complain, ‘He’s come to lodge with a sinful man!’” (Luke 19: 7) Zacchaeus is a sinful man because he is a chief tax collector and most probably extorts funds from the poor. Looking into the branches of the tree, Jesus “says to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because…
“Saved To The Uttermost” (Hebrews 7: 25, ESV) by Carley Evans
Jesus lives forever, sitting at the right hand of His Father God, interceding for us so that He is capable, willing, eager, happy to save us “to the uttermost.” With God, there is no halfway salvation. God does not start a work that He does not intend to finish. Yes, we are to run the…
“The Mystery: Christ In You” (Colossians 1: 27 – 28, HCSB) by Carley Evans
God intends to “make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Paul and Timothy continue to pray, “asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of [God’s] will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the…
“Not With Silver Or Gold, But With Precious Blood” (1 Peter 1: 18 – 19, HCSB) by Carley Evans
I am purchased for God. I am purchased for God with His Son’s blood. His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, sheds His blood and dies and is resurrected for me, so that God His Father may own me. Jesus’ blood is of more value than silver or gold or platinum or titanium. I am “redeemed…
“Every Knee Will Bow” (Romans 14: 11, HCSB) by Carley Evans
At some point in your life, you will bow your knee to Jesus Christ and confess Him to be Lord and Savior. It may come early in your life, or late. It may happen after your death at your judgment day when you give an account of yourself to God. As for me, I prefer…
“Without Excuse” (Romans 1: 20, HCSB) by Carley Evans
Paul writes, “People are without excuse.” We are without excuse because God’s existence and “His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made.” We know God exists, yet we choose not to “glorify Him as God or show gratitude.” (Romans 1:…
“God Is Greater Than The Kidnapper” (John 10: 28 – 30, HCSB) by Carley Evans
Jesus says eternal life is His gift to His sheep. Because He gives His sheep this gift, “they will never perish — ever!” His sheep “hear [His] voice, [He] knows them, and they follow [Him].” (John 10: 27} Jesus speaks of someone who tries to kidnap His sheep, who wants to “snatch them out of…
“Victory In Jesus” (1 Corinthians 15: 55 – 57, HCSB) by Carley Evans
“The spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.” (1 Corinthians 15: 46) Paul writes of the sequence of the defeat of the last enemy, death. We are not born incorruptible; rather we are born “in corruption.” (1 Corinthians 15: 42) In the sequence in which death is defeated, first comes Adam, then…
“The Last Enemy” (1 Corinthians 15: 20 – 22, HCSB) by Carley Evans
Paul is very concerned that people in the Corinthian church are saying there is no resurrection of the body. He argues that if Christ is raised bodily, then Christians are raised bodily. “The last enemy to be abolished is death,” writes Paul. (1 Corinthians 15: 27) “Then the saying that is written will take place:…
“Believe And Confess” (Romans 10: 9 – 10, HCSB) by Carley Evans
A zeal for God which ignores “the righteousness from God” and “attempts to establish [its] own righteousness” is not a saving zeal, writes Paul. The Jews of his day are relying upon their obedience to the law and the prophets for their salvation; while Paul is exhorting, “The righteousness that comes from God” is your…
“Directing Our Course” (Isaiah 48: 17, NIV & ESV) by Carley Evans
Directing Our Course (Isaiah 48: 17, NIV & ESV) by Carley Evans Friday, September 4, 2009 at 7:03am God says that He is the Lord, reminding us that He is our Redeemer; that He is Holy. He says, “I Am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you (NIV), who teaches…
