Tagged: Bible Study

LET THE FIRE FALL

“How long will you straddle the issue? If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal, follow him.” –1 Kings 18:21 The Lord died on the cross for love of us. He is Love (1 Jn 4:16), and He wants us to love Him with all our hearts (Dt 6:5). Jesus calls us to committed covenant-love. Any halfheartedness or lukewarmness nauseates Him (Rv 3:16). He calls us to total love. The Lord sends fire (see 1 Kgs 18:38) to burn away the sinfulness, selfishness, idolatry, and spiritual adultery which contradicts the pure love for Him to which He has called...

“YOU CAN’T OUT-GIVE GOD”

“I have designated a widow there to provide for you.” –1 Kings 17:9 The Lord designated a widow to provide for Elijah during a famine. The Lord chose someone to provide for Elijah who was so poor that she and her son were about to die of starvation (1 Kgs 17:12). The Lord continues to designate people to provide for His Church, His poor, and all of His other ministries. Also, the Lord continues to designate not only rich people to fund His Church but also very poor people. These poor people don’t see how they can support the Church...

NEW LEADERS FOR A NEW WORLD

“Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream.” –1 Kings 17:6 The Lord is raising up new Elijahs to conquer the false prophets (see 1 Kgs 18:19ff) and call our society to repent. To strengthen these new Elijahs, the Lord is calling them aside where they will drink daily from the life-giving waters of the Spirit (see Rv 22:17). The words the psalmist applied to the Messiah will be true for these new Elijahs: “From the brook by the wayside he will drink; therefore will he...

FIRSTHAND

“I assure you, brothers, the gospel I proclaimed to you is no mere human invention. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I schooled in it.” –Galatians 1:11-12 Unlike St. Paul, we have received the gospel from other men and women. Most of us have been schooled in it, possibly having gone to Catholic school eight, twelve, or more years. Like Paul, however, we must base our personal relationship with Jesus not on what others have said, but on who we say He is (Mt 16:15). We must not just know about Jesus; we must know Jesus....

“STAY WITH THIS TASK” (2 Tm 4:2)

“I will always hope.” –Psalm 71:14 “The time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but, following their own desires, will surround themselves with teachers who tickle their ears. They will stop listening to the truth and will wander off to fables” (2 Tm 4:3-4). Some of them will even gain positions of power in the Church and redirect the glory and money that rightfully belongs to God to themselves (Mk 12:38-40). To such a people, “stubborn of brow and obstinate in heart” (Ez 3:7), God sends His disciples to proclaim and teach His “word, to stay with...