1 Kings 13:2 Then at the LORD’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on …
Author Archives: Priscilla Koegelenberg
Worship in heaven
Hebrews 12:22-24 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. 23 You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the …
Different functions
Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function…” (An extract from an inspiring letter written by Steve Porter – posted with permission) Beloved, the Body of Christ is beautiful when it is healthy. A healthy body is a wonder to behold. The …
God’s accounting
Daniel 5:5,25 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 25. “This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin The background to the above verses is the great feast …
Can AI be trusted
2 Tim 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. I believe that the modern application of Paul’s advice to Timothy – to correctly handle the word of truth – has to do with …
God’s name is holy
Deut 5:11 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. The original word translated here as LORD, is called the Tetragrammaton (Greek for “four letters”), the four-letter Hebrew name of God, יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH). This is where …
God’s promises
2 Sam 7:16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’ I used to think that the meticulous lists of genealogies written up in the Bible were so boring. Not anymore! The above quote is God’s covenant with David. God promises here that there will aways be …
The Day of the Gift
1 Cor 1:22 it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to guarantee the fulfilment of His promise of eternal life]. We recently celebrated …
Deception
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Satan knew Who he was dealing with here. He knew that Jesus was his ultimate adversary, and therefore he decided to bring out his most effective weapons against Him, strategies that were proven to work successfully …
Eternal love
Ps 103:17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— We have all experienced a moment in our lives where we doubted that God could still love us – maybe after we had sinned against Him; or experienced a time where we …