The Gospel Of Repentance

  God enlightens Job’s understanding of who He is. Job is awestruck at the power and wisdom of God. He said, “I know You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You (vs. 2).   Job understood that his words against the Lord were uttered in sheer ignorance. Once Job encountered God personally (through a whirlwind), he despised himself. He humbly repented in dust and ashes (vs. 6).   God told Eliphaz that He was angry with him along with Bildad and Zophar because they did not speak what was right regarding Him. In order for the Lord not to chasten these three men, they had to offer seven bulls and seven rams, go to Job so he could pray for them, and that God would atone their sin. Once Job interceded for them, God restored and healed him and gave him twice as much as he had before (vs. 7-11).   God blessed Job with ten children again – seven sons and three daughters. The Lord gave him 140 more years and he died at a good old age. Del’s Commentary: Job was t

A definition of homophobic is one who has a dislike or fear of homosexuals. For years I have pondered why the homosexual lifestyle bothers and irritates me so much. As a man, it makes absolutely no sense for men to desire other men sexually-not when there are so many beautiful eligible women who are ready to give their love to a worthwhile man, the right way. I’m utterly disgusted by this fact. It is also deplorable for women to pine after one another. It never ceases to amaze me how low mankind has degenerated morally. Even the animal kingdom has sense enough to mate with the opposite sex. In Leviticus 18:22 it commands us that we are not to have same sex relationships. Many will argue that homosexuality is only mentioned in the Old Testament and not the new. I even recently saw someone say online that Jesus never talked about or condemned homosexuality. Both views are wrong. Jesus never mentioned the word directly, but Jesus clearly advocated for marriage between men and women only.

  The English word Bible comes from the Latin Biblia which means book or books. The Bible is actually a library of books – 66 books to be exact. There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The timeline of all the books covers over 3500 years of human history. The Old Testament covers the majority of this time frame, whereas the New Testament covers about 100 years only.   The first book Genesis covers about 2200 years of human history – more than the other 65 books combined. The Bible was written over a period of about 1500 years written by around 40 different authors. Why was the Bible written? The Bible was written as God’s personal revelation to mankind. I think of it as a very large collection of love letters. God wanted us to learn about and develop a relationship with Him based on love and obedience. God decided of His own free will to use man as His instruments to record His revelation. It is important to remember that the words man wrote are not hi

  Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre   The idea that Lucifer was the worship leader in heaven comes from Ezekiel 28. It reads, The word of the Lord came to me; “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God, Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas, yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god – you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth.   Therefore, thus says the Lord God; because you make your heart like the heart of a god, therefore, behold I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splend