James exhorted us to do this, adding: “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Jas. 4:7. These two positions—submitting to God and resisting the devil—are closely connected. It is when I have…

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and…

“It is impossible to fully believe in God and at the same time expect to understand everything He does in our lives. We preach the way of faith!” This is what Kåre J. Smith said in a message at the…

We live in a time when we are experiencing huge advances in science and technology, which affect virtually every aspect of life. With artificial intelligence, we can get answers to almost any…

1 Samuel 15:17 What was Samuel referring to when he said these words to Saul? Was it not Saul’s hidden attitude of mind which was spontaneously manifested when Samuel came to anoint him as king over…

In Gal. 5:26, Paul gives a clear and much-needed exhortation: “Let us not desire empty honor, provoking one another, envying one another.” [Norw.] Jesus says about Himself in John 5:41, “I do not…

The first thing Noah did when he and his family stepped out of the ark, having been saved from the flood, was to build an altar to the Lord. He took from all the clean animals and birds and offered…

Jesus says in Matt. 7:7, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” But what should we ask for? Jesus says earlier in His Sermon on the Mount…

Everyone encounters difficult circumstances in life that are hard to understand, but only those who love God choose to agree with Him. They love God’s light and His judgments. Luke 7:29-30. “And when…

Jesus wants us to be happy in our service of God. It was not like this with the scribes. In all their magnificence, they were strong, self-satisfied, cold, and merciless. Jesus spoke to His disciples…

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’” Job 35:10-11. In the midst of…

The apostle Paul writes a very powerful personal testimony in Gal. 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the…