Obeying the Gospel

WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD (JULY 11) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/when-i-see-the-blood-july-11/ "For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I wi...

YOU SHALL NOT ADD OR TAKE AWAY (JULY 10) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/shall-not-add-or-take-away-july-10/ "You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you" (Deuteronomy 4:2). THE FACT THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO MANKIND IS A MARVELOUS REALITY. But not satisfied with the contents of God’s revelati...

BOTH JUST AND THE JUSTIFIER (JULY 9) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/both-just-and-justifier-july-9/ "It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus" (Romans 3:26). THERE WAS, NO DOUBT, MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE IN GOD’S GIVING THE LAW OF MOSES TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. But one thing was not in His purpose: to...

THE EXCITEMENT OF FINDING THE MESSIAH (JULY 8) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/excitement-finding-messiah-july-8/ "One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah' (which means Christ)" (John 1:40,41). TO BE A JEW IN FIRST-CENTURY JUDEA WAS TO BE IN A CULTURE OF GREA...

THE LION OF JUDAH (JULY 7) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/lion-judah-july-7/ "Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; and as a lion, who shall rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people" (Genesis 49:9,10 NKJV)....

SAINTS (JULY 6) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/saints-july-6/ "To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father" (Colossians 1:2). THE WORD “SAINTS” IS A DESIGNATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. As we see in the text above, Paul addressed his letter to Colossae to “the saints and faithful brothers in Christ” in that place. (Notice the same...

WHAT THE HEIRS WILL INHERIT: ETERNAL LIFE (JULY 5) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/heirs-inherit-eternal-life-july-5/ ". . . so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life" (Titus 3:7). PAUL’S MEMORABLE STATEMENT OF HOPE IN THIS VERSE IS SET IN THE CONTEXT OF A LARGER STATEMENT ABOUT GOD’S SALVATION. After speaking in v.3 of our sinfulnes...

TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION (JULY 4) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/to-him-glory-dominion-july-4/ ". . . from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen" (Revelation...

SOME STRONG STATEMENTS ABOUT THE KINGDOM (JULY 3) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/strong-statements-kingdom-july-3/ "Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, 'This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?'" (John 6:60 Bible in Basic English). JESUS’ TEACHINGS WERE NOT ALWAYS EASY. Some of His sayings were, for various reasons, hard to understand, but other thing...

PRESENT KINGDOM, FUTURE KINGDOM (JULY 2) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/present-kingdom-future-kingdom-july-2/ "The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen" (2 Timothy 4:18). IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN THIS WORLD OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WILL EXIST IN ETERNITY? The answer, if we...

WHOLE HEART, WILLING MIND (JULY 1) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/whole-heart-willing-mind-july-1/ "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind" (1 Chronicles 28:9). SOLOMON WOULD BE A NEW KING WITH SOME SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES. His father David having subdued all the surrounding enemies of Israel, Solomon (whose name me...

THE RESURRECTION OF CONDEMNATION (JUNE 30) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/resurrection-condemnation-june-30/ "Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth -- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation" (John 5:28,29 NKJV). RESURRECTION! The...

AWAY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD (JUNE 29) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/away-from-presence-lord-june-29/ "They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed" (2 T...

LEARNING ABOUT LOVE FROM GOD (JUNE 28) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/learning-love-from-god-june-28/ "Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, "Show us the Father"?'" (John 14:9). NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR CONCEPT OF GOD. What we think of our Creator — both His character an...

JESUS' MISSION: HE CAME TO SAVE SINNERS (JUNE 27) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/jesus-mission-save-sinners-june-27/ "The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost" (1 Timothy 1:15). EVEN BEFORE JESUS DIED, PEOPLE DISAGREED AS TO WHAT HIS PURPOSE WAS. And those disagreements continue today. Wh...

LEARNING ABOUT THE FATHER FROM THE SON (JUNE 26) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/learning-about-father-from-son-june-26/ "No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you" (John 15:15). IF YOU HAD DOUBTS ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, WHAT IF SOMEONE TOLD...

GOD’S STEADFAST LOVE (JUNE 25) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/gods-steadfast-love-june-25/ "'For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you" (Isaiah 54:10). ONE OF THE GREAT ANCHORS OF OUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD IS THE STEADFASTNESS OF HIS LOVE. Un...

THE LORD’S SUPPER, THE LORD’S PEOPLE (JUNE 24) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/lords-supper-lords-people-june-24/ "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight" (Acts 20:7). IN THIS VERSE, WE FIND THE CHRISTIANS IN THE CHURCH AT TROAS DOING SOMETHING THAT...

GOD’S GRACE IS NOT “IRRESISTIBLE” (JUNE 23) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/gods-grace-not-irresistible-june-23/ "Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain" (2 Corinthians 6:1). IN THE SCRIPTURES, ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD IS THE FERVENCY WITH WHICH HE APPEALS TO HUMAN BEINGS. In many dire circumstances, God is shown p...

SCRIPTURAL TEACHING ABOUT GOD’S “ELECTION” (JUNE 22) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/scriptural-teaching-gods-election-june-22/ "Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies" (Romans 8:33). TO “ELECT” IS TO “CHOOSE.” So if we were talking about our salvation by God and we said that it’s a matter of His “election” or “choosing,” what would we mean? John Calvin (...

THE FALLACY OF ORIGINAL SIN (JUNE 21) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/fallacy-original-sin-june-21/ "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself" (Ezekiel 18:20). IN THIS OFTEN-QUOTED...

LESSONS FROM NAAMAN (JUNE 20) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/lessons-from-naaman-june-20/ "So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, 'Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean' . . . So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, acc...

THAT WHERE I AM YOU MAY BE ALSO (JUNE 19) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/where-i-am-you-may-be-also-june-19/ "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that w...

A POWERFUL CLUE TO GOD'S NATURE (JUNE 18) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/powerful-clue-gods-nature-june-18/ ". . . as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man" (Acts 17:28,29). THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS...

LETTING THE SCRIPTURES DECIDE (JUNE 17) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/letting-scriptures-decide-june-17/ "And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures" (Acts 17:2). IN THE TEXT ABOVE, NOTICE THE STANDARD OF AUTHORITY TO WHICH PAUL APPEALED. With the task of convincing a Jewish audience that Jesus’ claims were true, he “reasone...