WHEN THE WICKED RISE, MEN HIDE THEMSELVES! – Proverbs 28

It is always a sad day for humanity when an evil man procures great authority. Joseph Stalin, for example is credited with murdering over thirty million people!

DO NOT FRET OVER WICKED MEN – Psalms 37

Psalm 37 teaches that the prosperity of the wicked is superficial and temporary, and that those who trust in God may be certain that, finally, they will be the ones who are blessed.

THE VALUE OF MOSES’ LAW – 1 Timothy 1

Paul flatly declared that Christians are “dead to the law by the body of Christ” (Romans 7:4), this having reference, of course, to all requirements of the law in their totality.

I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS – Joel 2

The sun’s light failed for a period of three hours, the most remarkable “portent” ever seen in the heavens by any generation.

THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD – Romans 6

It is the “buy now, pay later” aspect of the penalty of sin which commends it as an attractive employment for many; but this verse is a warning that payment is certain, and that “death” is the quid pro quo of sin. “This for that!”

THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME – Philippines 2

The name in view here “is Lord, [KURIOS], the Old Testament name for God.

PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS – Romans 1:22

Without the knowledge of God, man is but “a disease of the agglutinated dust.”