Month: September 2023

Ephesians 5:28, 29 “So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ […]

I Kings 18:29 “Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.” This is a picture of religious devotion outside of Christ. Much […]

Ephesians 5:27 “that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.” This is following the command for husbands to love […]

I Kings 18:28 “So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.” Many aren’t believers as they are afraid of what God would ask of them. They fear […]

Ephesians 5:26 “so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word”. The previous verse says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her”. […]

I Kings 18:17 ‘When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is this you, the cause of disaster to Israel?”‘     Ahab blames Elijah for Israel’s troubles. In the next verse Elijah turns it around and says, “I have not brought disaster to Israel, but you and your father’shouse have, because you […]

Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her”. The previous verse was the charge to the wives to submit to their husbands. It’s the husbands turn now. They are […]

I Kings 18:3,4 “and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD, for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty […]

Ephesians 5:22 “Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” This is the divine order. Our culture rages against it. It has been abused, so some criticism of it is due, but it still remains His order. […]