For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. (Hebrews 6:10) I don’t know how your weekend was. Maybe you are exhausted from a busy weekend and long hours. Maybe you are pleased because God really…
Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.” (2 Kings 1:1-2) The book of 2 Kings begins in the reign of Ahaziah, king of Israel. In…
Wie man gegen Gott kämpft und gewinnt Schon im Mutterschoß hielt er die Ferse seines Bruders, und in seiner Manneskraft kämpfte er mit Gott; er kämpfte mit dem Engel und siegte, er weinte und flehte zu ihm; in Bethel hat er ihn gefunden, und dort hat er mit uns geredet. (Hosea 12,3-4) Durch den Propheten…
And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt. (Leviticus 2:13) Under the Old Covenant, not every sacrifice was of an animal and with blood….
Wie man die Bibel übersetzt Unser Brief seid ihr selbst, in unsere Herzen geschrieben, erkannt und gelesen von jedermann. Es ist ja offenbar, dass ihr ein Brief des Christus seid, durch unseren Dienst ausgefertigt, geschrieben nicht mit Tinte, sondern mit dem Geist des lebendigen Gottes, nicht auf steinerne Tafeln, sondern auf fleischerne Tafeln des Herzens. (2….
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. (James 3:1-2) Many of us Bible preachers and teachers have a favorite passage to speak…
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he struggled with God. Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel, and there He spoke to us. (Hosea 12:3-4) Through the Prophet Hosea, God spoke to Israel by…
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (2 Corinthians 3:2-3) The…
Alle Dinge neu Und der auf dem Thron saß, sprach: Siehe, ich mache alles neu! Und er sprach zu mir: Schreibe; denn diese Worte sind wahrhaftig und gewiss! (Offenbarung 21,5) Diese wunderbare Aussage kommt am Ende Buches der Offenbarung. Sie kommt, nachdem Gottes Kinder in den Himmel gekommen sind, nach der Großen Trübsal, nach dem…
God helping me, I hope to: First, Stop trusting in my vows and resolutions and put my focus on Jesus Himself. More and more let God’s word tell its own story. I won’t try to make sermons; I will present the message the Bible itself gives. Put more prayer into my preaching preparation. Pray more…
Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:5) This wonderful proclamation comes at the end of the Book of Revelation. It comes after God’s people have been gathered to heaven, after the Great Tribulation, after the…
Zwei mächtige Worte Denn es gefiel Gott, in ihm alle Fülle wohnen zu lassen. (Kolosser 1,19) Wir mögen die Weihnachtszeit und wir mögen es, unsere Gedanken auf das Baby Jesus zu richten. So viele Aspekte dieser Geschichte sprechen uns an. Wir stellen uns die zwei relativ jungen Menschen vor, die unter Fremden in großer Not…