Fisher of Men

The short answer – “yes.” God absolutely cares about the little things in our lives since He’s numbered the hairs of our head (Luke 12:7). From another perspective, if the nations are “as dust on the scales,” what is big to God? (Isaiah 40:15). Let’s look at a few little things in our lives that matter to God. 1. God Cares about Little Worries “Do not be anxious about anything” (Philippians 4:6). Don’t worry about – anything. Most of us allow a few worries to slip in like these: Will I be late; Will my child do well in this class? Did I make the right decision? After I spoke on worry, a young mother said, “It’s hard to see how worry is so bad. It’s not like murder or adultery.”            I reminded her that small choices add up over time. A shift of a few deg...

In the Bible, God’s mercy means His pity, compassion, and kindness toward people. His mercy shows up in the believer’s life at salvation, and then God continues to show mercy in forgiveness. Mercy triumphs over judgment but refusing God’s mercy is disastrous. Mercy: Meaning and Definition Theologians have defined “mercy” in clear terms. In The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Edwards said it most graphically: “God is pleased to show mercy to His enemies, according to His own sovereign pleasure. Though He is infinitely above all, and stands in no need of creatures; yet He is graciously pleased to take a merciful notice of poor worms in the dust.” In a lighter vein, Millard Erickson wrote in Christian Theology, “God’s mercy is His tenderhearted, loving compassion for His people. It is His tenderne...

The number 666 is the mark of the beast, as referenced in the Book of Revelation. In apocalyptic end times, the mark of the beast is taken by those who value personal safety over fidelity to Christ. The mark of the beast is the mark of mankind. It is the opposite of the divine plan of salvation. 666 in the Bible Revelation 13:16-18 sounds as if it could be the script for one of those remarkable films about secret codes or fantastic beasts.  “It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, ...

What does the expression as “Old as Methuselah” mean? This idiom, rooted in the Bible, means someone or something is very old! The book of Genesis says that Methuselah lived for 969 years. Who was Methuselah? Methuselah is the oldest person mentioned in the Bible. He lived to be 969 years old (Genesis 5:27). In Genesis 5, Methuselah is listed as a descendent of Adam, who also lived nearly a millennium.  Methuselah and Adam are not the only persons mentioned in the Bible living over 900 years. Adam lived to be 930 years old Adam’s son Seth lived 912 years Seth’s son Enosh (or Enos) lived to be 905 years old Methuselah’s grandfather Jered lived to be 962 years old Methuselah’s grandson Noah lived to be 950 years old Though Methuselah lived 693 years after Adam, it is likely they knew ea...

This is a complicated question. If, as Christians, we believe God’s will is perfect, then why would we want to change it, and isn’t it presumptuous to think that we could? “As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him” (Psalm 18:30). Besides, we serve a God who does not change (Malachi 3:6), and the Bible tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). In Numbers 23:19-20, Balaam spoke this message from the Lord: “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.” So can we change God’s will? I think when most of u...

Christianity.com: What is the unforgivable sin described in Mark Chapter 3?-Brian Hedges from christianitydotcom2 on GodTube. Transcription of the video above: One of the first people that I led to Christ many years ago was a young man who believed that he had committed the unforgivable sin. In fact, that was the thing. He had been raised in a Christian home, but that was the thing that had kept him from Christ for some time because he believed that he had blasphemed the Holy Spirit, and he had committed this sin that was unpardonable, and certainly Christians who have been haunted by these words of Jesus … We find them in the gospels. One of the places we find them is in Mark chapter 3 where Jesus says that, “All sins will be forgiven the children of men, and whatever blasphem...

“Hell is a place of total, conscious, eternal separation from the blessings of God,” Bryan Chapell, president of Covenant Theological Seminary, said in the video below. “And there’s a sense in which hell is people getting exactly what they want.” In that if a person rejects God all throughout life, never submitting to him in repentance, then the person will enter eternity after death without God. [embedded content] What Happens after Death? We know from Romans 3:23 that everyone has sinned and therefore stand condemned before a holy God. But John 3:16-17 tells us that because of God’s great love for the whole world, he stepped in to rescue people from this helpless trajectory, if they only trust in Christ Jesus – the Messiah (John 20:31), God incarnate (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-3; John ...

The true meaning of Selah in the Bible is a mystery. Bible Scholars have come up with multiple meanings and possible explanations for the meaning of the word. Selah Definition The New American Standard Hebrew Lexicon defines the Hebrew word (סֶֽלָה) as “to lift up, exalt.” Some scholars believe that Selah was a musical notation possibly meaning “silence” or “pause;” others, “end,” “a louder strain,” “piano,” etc. Still others think it is similar to a musical interlude, “a pause in the voices singing, while the instruments perform alone.”   Selah is translated as “intermission” in the Septuagint (LXX) which is the earliest Greek translation of the Old Testament. The Septuagint is significant because it was completed in 2n...

The word “apocrypha” comes from the Greek word meaning “hidden” or “secret.” Originally, the term was reserved for books with content considered too sacred and grand to make accessible to the general public. Over time, “apocrypha” took on a more negative connotation, due to the questionable origins and doubtful canonicity of these books. Those who don’t accept these books as canon call them the Apocrypha apocryphal. But those who do accept them call them the Deuterocanon or deuterocanonical books, meaning “belonging to the second canon.” History of the Apocrypha The Apocrypha in the Septuagint In the third century B.C., Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) into Greek, resulting in the Septuagint. Several books were included in ...

Jesus is at the right hand of God in heaven as well as everywhere else. But there is also a sense in which he is in the heart of each believer. So where is Jesus right now? He is seated in heaven, bodily. He is omnipresent as God. And he is especially present in believers. 1. Jesus is everywhere. As God, Jesus is omnipresent. He is everywhere. There is nowhere Jesus is not. That is the universal presence of Jesus as God – it is omnipresent. 2. Jesus is in heaven. But Jesus is not only full God, thus omnipresent, Jesus is also full human. Jesus, by being full human has a human body, and that body, we’re told, ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God right now in heaven. 3. Jesus is with believers. While the physical presence of Jesus as a full-bodied human is seated at the right...

The Romans had many ways to kill people. Stabbing, stoning, burning, drowning, being torn apart by lions in the Coliseum for sport—these were all accepted means of execution. But Jesus was killed on the Cross, a tree stripped of roots and branches. As a Christian, I believe that nothing that happens in the Bible is by accident.  So why did God choose to have Jesus executed on a tree?  Below are four ways that trees are central to our understanding of Scripture and Holy Week. 1. Trees are mentioned in the Bible more than any living thing other than God and people. There’s a tree on the first page of Genesis, the first Psalm, the first page of the New Testament, and the last page of Revelation. Whether it is the fall, the flood, or the overthrow of the Pharaoh, every major event in...

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