Give Me A Sign

FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Daily Reading – Exodus 31-33 / Matthew 24:27-51

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

      People love a good show. The more amazing and flamboyant the show, the better. This love of pleasure has no longer confined itself to the secular world. Today we see the fastest growing churches are the ones with the best technical performance.

     I am not saying that what they are doing is all wrong, but I am saying if that is why we are going, that is wrong.

    Jesus warns of people in the last days showing great signs and wonders trying to fool the church. The real church would not be fooled. Over time they will see through the show and will miss real worship.

     If people want a sign, here is a sign for you. Look around at the signs and wonders going on today. Jesus said this culture would be a sign of the last days.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

 Do you think God may be trying to give a
“sign hungry people” a sign of His own?

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

It Sure Is Cold

FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Daily Reading – Exodus 29-30 / Matthew 24:1-26

 

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Matthew 24:11-12 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    It sure is cold today. No, I am not talking about the weather. I am talking about the atmosphere inside the church.

     Today there are more ways of getting the gospel out than ever before. More Bibles in print, more people on the planet, more finances available, and more methods to get the message out. Yet, today there is also more coldness in the heart of man and in God’s church than ever before. How can this be?

    I think Jesus answered that question in today’s passage. There are more false prophets, more deception, and many in it for money and not for souls. Jesus began this passage with a warning in Matthew 24:4. “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.” Still a good warning for today.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

What is the temperature of your heart today?

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

 

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

Say It! Do It.

FEBRUARY 07, 2022
Daily Reading – Exodus 25-26 / Matthew 23:1-22

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Matthew 23:2-3 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    Most of us have heard the phrase, “Do what I say, not what I do.” Most often, we find this being said by someone who is doing something that is illegal, immoral, or harmful in some way. In addition, it is often used with children, by adults who do not want these children to follow in their footstep down a wrong path.

     In today’s passage, that is what Jesus was telling the people of that day. In the synagogue was a seat called Moses’ Seat. It was a place of authority. When they sat there, they would read the law as it was written.

    Jesus said, listen to the reading, it is the Word of God. However, do not watch the lives of the teachers, they do not live up to what they are teaching.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

  If someone were examining your life today,
would it live up to what you say about
your relationship with God?
You know people are watching you?

Living In His Word Ministries

       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

No Soul Sleep

FEBRUARY 5 & 6, 2022
Daily Reading – Exodus 23-24 / Matthew 22
Daily Reading – No Reading on Sunday

WHAT GOD HAS SAID:

Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

     The Sadducees, like some today, believed when a person dies, they are dead. However, they are not. The body may wait for the resurrection, but the soul lives on.

     The Sadducees did not believe in a resurrection. They took all they knew from the first five books of the Bible and argued there was no afterlife. Some today say as well, when a person dies their soul goes to the grave with them. Jesus, using a statement from the first five books, tells them it is not so. Jesus said that God said, “I am the God of,” not, I was the God of. God is God of the living, not the dead.

     That is why Paul said in 2 Cor. 5:8 for the believer, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The soul immediately goes to be with God.
 

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Do you believe eternal life is eternal,
or interrupted?

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:

Living In His Word Ministries  

        “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12