DAILY DROP OF WATER

(1Co 12:2) “Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.”  I once worshipped the idol of self’s pleasure. I had believed in Jesus all my life, but had not repented of my sin, asking Jesus to save my soul. Oh, I had once prayed the prayer, but no one had confronted me at the time with my sin.

DAILY DROP OF WATER

 (1Co 11:34) “And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.” Could there be anything more sacred than that which represents the body and the blood of Christ Jesus? Same with baptism. Could there by anything more sacred than that which depicts the death and resurrection of our Lord? We should approach those times reverently.

DAILY DROP OF WATER

(1Co 11:32) “But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”  Consider: our eternal judgment was bore by the Lord Jesus. We are then chastened. What is chastening? It is a reprimand to varying degrees according to our heart’s response rather than the full judgment it deserves; that which Jesus bore – eternal punishment. Thus the statement: “…that we should not be condemned with the world”

2 THESSALONIANS

SECOND THESSALONIANS

(From the Daily Drop of Water Series)

by Rev. Jerry L Holcomb

CHAPTER ONE

 (2Th 1:1)  “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:”  Words have meaning. And God, Who gave us language, means what He says and says what He means. I  draw your attention to the word, “church”. This is a particular church. At this time there is no “universal church”, as so many speak of “the church”. The church is a gathered assemble; that is what the word means. You cannot have an unassembled assembly. God will some day call out of this world, gather together, into one assembly – church.

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DAILY DROP OF WATER

(1Co 11:30) “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. (31) For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”  The Lord desires only our good. Look at the cross. He does not want to chasten us nor for the lost to be damned. He desires us to be honest with self, care enough to repent, and to ask forgiveness.

DAILY DROP OF WATER

(1Co 11:29) “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” The term “damnation” could only be speaking of one that is lost, for the Bible says over and over again that a saved person cannot lose that salvation. The word, “damnation” can also mean “judgment”, which must be applied here because of the next verse: (1Co 11:30) “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.” Sleep always speaks of the death of the saved.