“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” – Colossians 3:16 As we close out one year and look forward toward the beginning of a new year, we reflect on God’s…
Author: David Wise
Pastor of Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church in Ackerman, MS
Blameless
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Thess. 5:23 Here we find Paul’s confidence in the promise that God shall preserve the entire spirit, soul, and body of His elect. The…
Unleavened Feast of Sincerity and Truth
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” – 1 Cor. 5:8 At the time of Paul’s first letter to the Corinth Church, all Jews who had not believed in Jesus Christ, still observed the Passover feast…
Before the World Began
“…before the foundation of the world…” (Eph. 1:4) There were many momentous things that occurred before God spoke this world into existence in Genesis 1 that secured the eternal salvation of God’s children before the world that we inhabit was even created. Man certainly can lay no claim to any participation in his eternal salvation because…
Confession of Sins
“Bring forth fruits meet for repentance.” (Matt. 3:8) John the Baptist is baptizing out in the wilderness many persons from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the surrounding regions in this passage. Those who have presented themselves to John for baptism came “confessing their sins” (Matt. 3:6). Confession should be an integral part of the baptism experience for the believer…
Honour, Love, and Fear
“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.” – 1 Peter 2:17 Peter’s letter to the elect children of God (1 Pet. 1:2) is a letter of encouragement to faithfully persevere in the faith, even in the midst of persecution, tribulation, and suffering. The readers of this epistle were facing persecution from without,…
Mind of a Servant
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus…But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant…” – Philippians 2:5,7 Jesus set the supreme example for humility and the attitude of a servant during His earthly ministry. He had all power in heaven and earth, but yet…
Remember Our Frame
Sometimes we fall into the trap that Paul warned against in his epistle to the church at Rome; we begin to “think of ourselves more highly that we ought to think” (Romans 12:3). His prescribed remedy for this prideful attitude was to “think soberly as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith”…
Daily Lesson on God’s Longsuffering Nature
Scriptural lessons are typically learned most vividly from personal experience, and with God, His teaching school is always in session. I learned a very practical lesson on what being longsuffering means today. I work for an accounting firm, and we audit governmental entities. Today – actually for the last two days as well – I…