Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11v1
Faith is to be lived. It is not some intellectual belief system it is knowing God as a person and trusting him. The person he reveals himself to be through the Bible and through the way he interacts with us in our life circumstances is the person we can trust him to be as he challenges us to live his way.
So, I go to the Bible and spend time with God. I am presented insights and as I explore the implications for life, I am faced with choices that are a challenge to my faith. Do I dare to live the way the Lord Jesus is pointing?
I hope you enjoy the posts that are presented here.
I try to get out a blog of about 260 words in a time frame of once a month to once a week.
My eyes can get me into all sorts of trouble. When speaking of adultery, Jesus connects the heart with the eye. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5v28 Jesus develops this connection, Your eye is the lamp of your…
When Jesus says, anyone who is angry with a brother or sister, will be subject to judgment. Matthew 5v22 Many feel condemned. I have been angry. How will I stand? When Moses wrote, You shall not murder Exodus 20v13 There is comfort there because I have never murdered. So, why does Jesus up the stakes?…
Many struggle with the Bible, especially the Old Testament. So, what was Jesus’ view? “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. Matthew 5v17 Very deep answer, but what did he mean? If Jesus had fulfilled the law…
