Ok, the title is a temptation to get you to read the post.With so much of today's church linked to money...I can't believe the number of pastors I've read about recently that have accumulated tens of millions in net worth...some I've heard even over a billion.http://dustoffthebible.com/Blog-archive/2015/10/28/15-religious-leaders-that-make-more-money-getting-out-of-bed-than-youll-make-all-year/But Paul was different his prosperity was in preaching the… Continue reading 1 Corinthians 9 – Paul’s Prosperity Gospel
Category: Devotional Readings
Exodus 7 – Seven Days…
This chapter ends with a footnote on the Exodus time line...Exodus 7:25 GillAnd seven days were fulfilled,.... Or there were full seven days, a whole week:after that the Lord had smitten the river, and turned it into blood; here the miracle is ascribed to him; Moses and Aaron, and the rod they used, were only… Continue reading Exodus 7 – Seven Days…
Matthew 4 – Opening Ministry of Jesus
There is almost too much to say about this passage.Max reads it well: https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Matt.4Just a few highlights:Notice Satan was the first to try to block Jesus' ministry to his people. Just like in the garden he begins with an implied question: If thou be the "Son of God", implying if you don't prove who you… Continue reading Matthew 4 – Opening Ministry of Jesus
James 2 – Faith or Works
Check my previous post on Matthew 3 and the reference to the WCF chapter on Good Works.Here we read: Jas 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?Jas 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.Jas 2:26 For as the body without… Continue reading James 2 – Faith or Works