The Cleansing of the Priests

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they…

The Life-giving Correction

Whoever heeds life-giving correction
 will be at home among the wise.

Proverbs 15:31

The only path to becoming a wise person is one filled with life-giving corrections. The wise know this fact well, that…

The Unifying Rule of Love

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I…

keep my feet from stumbling

For you have delivered me from death
 and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
 in the light of life.

Psalm 56:13

Washed, Sanctified, Justified

…but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Heal My Soul

I said, LORD, be merciful to me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.

Psalm 41:4

We are apt to think that we need healing due only to the wounds others have inflicted on our souls. It is true we need healing from those types of wounds, but here…

The Motives of Our Hearts

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

God’s Positive Promises

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

Under-rowers and Stewards

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:1–2

The Freedom of the Spirit

After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave…