lightfromtheworddevotional

ETERNAL LIFE: GOD’S GIFT

“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father, which gave them me is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” – John 10:28-29 LIGHT FOR NOW: Eternal life is notContinueContinue reading “ETERNAL LIFE: GOD’S GIFT”

GOD IS A GOOD GOD

“Every good and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” – James 1:17 LIGHT FOR NOW: God is good all the time. In the previous verse, James urged his readers not to be deceived. Emotions and sinful thinking canContinueContinue reading “GOD IS A GOOD GOD”

SEATED IN CHRIST

“And hath raised us together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” – Ephesians 2:6 LIGHT FOR NOW: You are wherever Christ is. In addition to being made alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:5), God has “raised us up with him”. We are now alive through the same power that brought JesusContinueContinue reading “SEATED IN CHRIST”

ABSOLUTE PRESERVATION IN CHRIST

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” – Psalm 91:1 LIGHT FOR NOW: You are eternally in the secret (place) because you are in Christ. The meaning of the English word, salvation which in the Greek is “soteria” is the word safety. InContinueContinue reading “ABSOLUTE PRESERVATION IN CHRIST”

THE CONCEPT OF GIVING

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again” – Luke 6:38 LIGHT FOR NOW: God is the first and best giver. Jesus inContinueContinue reading “THE CONCEPT OF GIVING”

THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD

“But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. For the son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all the promises of God in him are yea,ContinueContinue reading “THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD”