Very simply, Abel believed God. He recognized just what Scripture says: that he was sinful and imperfect and that he could never be acceptable to God who is perfect and holy, not until his sins and their guilt had been paid for and removed. Abel knew...

Faith is a present reality, not exclusively the property of past heroes. Faith gives us convictions about creation.

Nothing in this passage of Scripture was ever intended to disturb and unsettle the minds of those who truly belong to Christ. The passage was purposely written in its sharp, searching, challenging style so that all who profess the name of Christ might...

This faith operates quite simply. God speaks and we hear His Word. We trust His Word and act on it no matter what the circumstances are or what the consequences may be. The circumstances may be impossible, and the consequences frightening and unknown...

It is utterly impossible to please God without faith. What does this mean? The person will never be acceptable to God nor accepted by God. Without faith the person will never live with God, not in this world nor in the next world. Without faith, a...

Nobody can afford to argue with God the way the Israelites did when they heard Malachi, because God will always have the last word.

For you, will that last word be salvation or judgment?

The whole line is equivalent to “Trust everything you do to the Lord.” One example of how this is expressed in translation is “Everything you want to do, put it in the hand of the Lord.”

There are people all over the world who doubt the value of serving the LORD. At times, even believers fall prey to such doubt—especially when things get tough. Living for the LORD is never easy. In fact, it requires immense commitment, even sacrifice...

Since God made and owns everything, He doesn’t need anything that we can bring Him. But when we obey His Word and bring our gifts as an act of worship with grateful hearts, it pleases him.

“Where is God’s justice for His people?” When Jesus Christ came and died on the cross, He completely satisfied the justice of God. He paid the penalty for the sins of the world and vindicated the holiness of God. Nobody can ever truthfully say, “God...