In the Book of Numbers chapters 22 and 23 we find the familiar story of Balaam son of Beor, a priest known as one whose words carried power, a fact voiced by one of his admirers: “I know that he whom you bless is blessed and he whom you curse is cursed” (22:6). That Balaam, […]

In the Book of Numbers, chapters 16,17 we find another episode which reveals that God sometimes uses the worst of people to perform His holy work. The scene opens with Moses and Aaron being confronted by 253 leaders of the congregation of Israel. Three of them–Korah, Dathan and Abiram–were Levites, members of the priestly tribe […]

The purpose of this series of postings is to show how God uses individuals and nations of every character type to bring about the fulfillment of His will. In the case of Moses and the Egyptians, He used the most vile man on earth at the time to make His name known to the most […]

In the previous posting we saw how God used the family of the Egyptian god known as “pharaoh” to save the life of a Levite baby whom they named Moses. This very unusual act on their part enabled the child to grow up and eventually lead his people out of Egyptian slavery. In this posting […]

In the series of postings titled I’m Okay; You’re Okay I brought out the Biblical fact that in His great love and mercy, God blesses both the churched and unchurched, true Christians and fake Christians, good and evil, obedient and disobedient. He does this for two reasons: 1) He loves all men and wants all […]

The Old Testament patriarch Abraham is called the “father of the faith” for good reason–he is. The childless man changed from heathen to saint, thereby setting the example for all of mankind to follow. What has been traditionally identified as proof of his faith revolves around one factor–his trust in God’s promise to provide a […]

“I am a child of Abraham because I believe in the God of Abraham.” “I am righteous for the same reason Abraham was righteous–faith in God has made both of us righteous.” “I am justified by faith.” These are beliefs commonly held by those in church circles because they have been taught such doctrines from […]

In the vast majority of cases, the only appreciable difference between church people and the world in which they live is where they spend a couple of hours on Sunday morning. At all other times one will find them watching the same t.v. programs, listening to the same music, watching the same movies, reading the […]

If church people are not hungering and thirsting for righteousness it is because they feel no need for more of the Lord. This is the same deadly spiritual disease that afflicted their ancient ancestors in the church at Laodicea (Rev. 3:14-17). Such people are satisfied with religious business as usual because they have been deceived […]

In Matthew 5:16-20 we find Jesus putting forth two Biblical concepts that the Counterfeit Church refuses to accept: WORKS and LAW. In verse 16 we are commanded to do “good works” before those around us in order to glorify God the Father. In the next verse He noted that the Law was to be obeyed, […]