TheBibleStudy.Site

  • Thoughts on legalism

    There is much talk about legalism, but little thought and little definition. Legalism is not when you want to follow Christ’s commandments and know that you are lawfully subject to Christ. Decisive faithfulness and punctual obedience are not legalism. Legalism is a question of inner attitude. If we submit to a commandment, a law, in…

  • The Law and Us

    The Law of Sinai does not provide us Christians with the high standards that correspond to our relationship and our position. Under the Law, we are to love our neighbor as ourselves, but we are to lay down our lives for our brothers by loving them as Christ loved us. But the law does not…

  • The Millennial Kingdom

    It is astonishing that some Christians find it difficult to believe in a literal millennial kingdom under the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ, even though Scripture says so clearly: “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded…

  • Not so, my Father!

    Joseph is an excellent foreshadowing of Christ. There are hardly any weaknesses to be found in his life of faith. However, the two situations that show a certain weakness are very instructive. Once he sought help from Pharaoh’s cupbearer when his endurance in prison was severely tested (Genesis 40:14). But his help ultimately came not…

  • A Word on Worship

    It is of utmost importance that believers understand the true nature of worship that God seeks and delights in. God delights in Christ. Therefore, our constant goal should be to represent Him to God. Christ should always be the content of our worship, and He will be to the extent that the Holy Spirit leads…

  • Nehemiah prays: “Today!”

    The reports of the broken walls and burned gates in Jerusalem had so affected Nehemiah that he sat down, wept, and mourned for days. His prayer ended with a specific request: “Let your servant succeed today and show him mercy before this man” (Neh 1:11). Remarkably, Nehemiah does not specifically suggest to God in what…

  • A Pig Pot

    “And there was a famine in the land. And the sons of the prophets were sitting before Elisha. And he said to his servant, ‘Put on the big pot’” (2 Kings 4:38). Famine—empty larders, growling stomachs, ever smaller food rations. People eat what they can get. Against this background, Elisha’s request to put on a…

  • Driving to the precipice?

    A wealthy landowner needed to hire a new coachman. On the day the decision about the new coachman was to be made, several coachmen had gathered at the estate. Each of the coachmen was asked the same question: “How safely can you drive me along a narrow mountain path?” The first coachman was able to…

  • Gathered in His Name

    “For” – Answered prayers and authority. The prayers of the assembly are answered, and their decisions are recognized in heaven (Matthew 18:18-19). God says yes to their prayers and their decisions. How can this be? It is because the Lord is in their midst. All eyes are on him. He is the one who directs…

  • Serving and Waiting

    These words were written to young Christians — first-century converts — by the Apostle Paul, the greatest evangelist of all time. We, the young Christians here today, were converted in the 20th century, but what was true then is still true today. The Apostle began with the point when people stopped worshipping idols and began…

  • The Real Joash

    A Crisis By a narrow margin, the royal descendants of David were nearly wiped out. If that had happened, how could the Messiah have been born as a son of David (2 Samuel 7:12-13)? However, God is in control. He used a God-fearing couple to rescue Joash, a royal descendant, from the grasp of Athaliah,…

  • Wonderful in our eyes

    Psalm 118 describes how the Lord Jesus will appear as the Messiah in the future, returning to earth and to the land of Israel. His earthly people, who experienced deep distress after having once rejected the Messiah, will one day welcome Him with joy as the long-awaited King. Israel will shout with joy, “The stone…

  • Negligent?

    A serious but, at the same time, challenging and motivating verse! God’s work – in whatever form – is so important and urgent that laziness, procrastination, half-heartedness, and sloppiness are bad in His eyes. The Lord wants to see zeal, dedication, full commitment, utmost concentration, and devotion. For example, it is not enough just to…