Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ We are all acquainted with the story of the Prince and the Pauper, wherein a certain prince and a poor beggar boy switched places and …
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Evaluate truth
John 9:7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. This well-known account of the healing of the man who was blind from birth, contains many interesting points of contemplation for us. It is certainly one of the strangest …
A Ruined Partnership
Gen 27:28-29 “From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine. May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to …
God’s Throne Room
Rev 4:2 At once I was in [special communication with] the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne. Not long ago I watched a video showing the interior of Buckingham Palace, which included the throne room of the king. On first glance, the opulence and grandeur of all …
Rapture
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” The debate surrounding the rapture of the church is currently very topical indeed. We …
Pruning
John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. There are a few reasons why vinedressers prune their vineyards. Pruning helps maintain the desired shape and structure of the vine, preventing uncontrolled growth. By removing …
Manna
Ex 16:15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.” Two Hebrew words mah and nah form the word manna, and it literally means “What is it?” …
Mount Moriah
Gen 22:2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” God has for centuries had a plan regarding Jerusalem, a plan that will culminate in the return of the Lord to …
God’s Tabernacle
Hebrew 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. Christians who have the view that the Tabernacle …
Summertime
Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” In the natural, we are currently in the grip of a very cold spell here in the Western Cape, with very low temperatures …