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GOD IS SO GOOD
“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” – Psalm 34:8 My wife Margaret and I decided instead of exchanging gifts this Christmas, we would give the money to the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. Please don’t misunderstand; it is not because we are that good but because God has been so good to us. My first wife, Sharron, who died in 2005, her grandfather told us when we were first married that when you get married, it is like holding a screen before you and each hole in the screen represents a need you will have. Well, it has taken a…
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JUST ONE THING CAN FOREVER MAKE YOU HAPPY
(Five-minute reading time) The queen of Sheba to King Solomon: “Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom” (2 Chronicles 9:7). Solomon’s wisdom was from the LORD. Notice in the title above, “one thing can make you happy,” not that it always will. I’ll say more about that as we go forward. It is said that Happiness is in the mind and is a choice we make. True, but it is not quite as simple as it sounds because, first,specific requirements must be met. There are two kinds of Happiness, and they are opposite in nature. First, there is External Happiness, a…
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Does God Predestine Some to Hell and Some to Heaven?
Before we can come to an answer to the question posed in the title, and in order to be clear on what the Bible teaches concerning predestination, and to keep people from coming to the wrong conclusion about God, it is necessary to clearly understand what the Bible teaches. First, we must be clear, according to Scripture, God is a merciful and good: “Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies” (Psalm 69:16). Second, God’s thoughts and His ways are not ours: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD” (Isiaih…