SDCCM Blog
FORGIVENESS
Proverbs 4:23 – Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life. The Scriptures teach us that “God is love” (1 John 4:16). Three words for us to consider that relate to the heart of God are covenant, relationship and forgiveness. God’s...
DON’T BE BIASED IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
1 Timothy 5:21 – I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. The subject of partiality is an important topic in God’s Word. Paul uses...
THE SIN OF PARTIALITY
James 2:1 – My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. Unfortunately, much of Christianity, as expressed in denominationalism and independence, moved from a particular understanding of a restored...
PURE RELIGION CONSIDERS ORPHANS, WIDOWS AND PURITY
James 1:27 – Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Our great desire should be to have our minds changed from the world’s viewpoints to...
HELP ME TO BRIDLE MY TONGUE
James 1:26 – If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. I believe this to be one of the most powerful Scriptures in the Bible. It goes right to the heart of “religious”...
THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY
James 1:25 – One who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. This is an interesting Scripture. James connects liberty with listening....