Daily Devotion

"Rebellion" literally means "departure," "falling away," or "abandonment," will occur. In the last days, many within the professing church will depart from Biblical truth. Both Jesus and Paul paint a dismal picture of the condition of much of the...

2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult passages in the whole New Testament because it is using terms and thinking in pictures that were perfectly familiar to those to whom Paul was speaking but are utterly strange to...

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 We shall not fully understand the New Testament pictures of the Second Coming unless we remember that they have an Old Testament background. In the Old Testament, the conception of the Day of the Lord is very common; all the...

COLOSSIANS 4:12-15 The letter closes with an urgent spur to Archippus to be true to a special task which has been given to him. It may be that we can never tell what that task was; for the moment, we must leave it at that. Paul used a secretary to...

COLOSSIANS 4:5-6 Here we have three brief instructions for the life of the Christian while in the world. (1 st ) The Christian must behave himself with wisdom and with tact towards those who are not believers in Jesus. Make the most of every...

Colossians 2:13-15 Almost all great teachers have thought in pictures, and here, Paul uses a series of vivid pictures to show what God in Christ has done for mankind. The intention is to show that Jesus has done all that can be done and all that...