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?
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I try to get out a blog of about 260 words in a time frame of once a month to once a week.
How did Jesus live with his teaching on ‘Eye for eye?’ The key principle is, But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. Matthew 5v39 When I look at how Jesus lived his own words, I see proactive restraint. At the scene of his betrayal, we read- [Judas] approached Jesus to kiss him,…
How do I respond to someone’s requests? Jesus says, Say … simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Matthew 5:37 There is a simplicity and a challenge here. A simplicity, in excluding the manipulative force of invoking oaths or swearing by what we cannot control, as Jesus says, . ..…
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…
