Flourish Like the Palm Tree
Now that you are saved you are righteous – so as a righteous saint of God you are to flourish like the palm tree – why would the Lord compare you to a palm tree? And what can we learn from our comparison to a palm tree that might help us even flourish more than […]
They Were Righteous
Luke 18: 9-14 The Pharisee And The Publican CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Audience addressed by this parable was the self-righteous crowd. They trusted in themselves that “they were righteous.” To illustrate their true unrighteousness Jesus compared a Pharisee to a Publican. Observe: The Pharisee’s: Confident Approach – “he stood and prayed thus with himself” […]
Why does the Bible tell us, “Be not righteous over much”?
So you don’t destroy yourself. When Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes, he was writing to us about things “under the sun.” In other words, these instructions found in this book concern things down here and not things that deal with the after-life. Both verse 16 and verse 17 have very practical application to us today just like […]