I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44 The latter part of this chapter talks about Old and New, Law vs Grace. The Old Testament dealt with outward actions but with Christ being our true righteousness, we must be aware of sinful inward attitudes. Lord Jesus deals with several sins like anger, lust, deception, retaliation…

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him.  Romans 15:13 Society today tells us that we need to do what makes us happy and what pleases us because we are "worth it " and we "deserve it".  On the contrary, we as Christians know that we do not deserve anything good, but God…

Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace. Hebrews 4:16 Why does the writer refer to a "throne" here? The reference is to Exodus  25:17-22-, the golden mercy seat. Remember the ark of the covenant, On top of the ark, Moses put a golden "mercy seat" with a cherub at each end. This mercy seat was God’s throne, where He…