19 JUNE THE POOR MAN WENT TO HEAVEN “It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich.” (Psalm 37:16) Jesus told the story of a rich man and a poor man, named Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31. {This is a different Lazarus from the one Jesus...
18 JUNE THE RICH MAN WENT TO HELL (2) Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49) Really? I thought the prosperous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah...
17 JUNE THE RICH MAN WENT TO HELL “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from...
16 JUNE WHO WANTS TO BE A FOOL? (2) “But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.” (Proverbs 6:32) Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Is he a fool?...
15 JUNE WHO WANTS TO BE A FOOL? “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9) No one wants to be a FOOL but we have all had cause to be angry. The Bible is clear that we can...
14 JUNE EARTHLY WISDOM LEADS TO VILE PRACTICES “But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition...
13 JUNE GODLY WISDOM YIELDS GOOD FRUITS! “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits…” (James 3:17) “Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:20) “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in...
12 JUNE GODLY WISDOM MAKES US SHOW MERCY “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy…” (James 3:17) Mercy may be described as an act of kindness, compassion and forgiveness to an offender who rightly deserves punishment; an act that puts...
11 JUNE GODLY WISDOM MAKES ONE REASONABLE “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason…” (James 3:17) Different versions of the Bible use different words and phrases to bring out the meaning of the above text – reasonable, open to reason, willing to yield,...
10 JUNE GODLY WISDOM BRINGS GENTLENESS (2) “A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” (Proverbs 15:4) A story is told of The Law of the Garbage Truck, and it goes thus: “James was in a taxi when a car swerved recklessly in...