In Jer. 29, a few years after Habakkuk, there are still 57 years left of the Babylonian captivity. The encouragement to those in Babylon is to build houses, plant vineyards, marry your children, and to grow so that they would increase in Babylon. Many of those encouraged to be faithful in captivity would never see […]

In the concluding chapter of Habakkuk, we see this man’s personal revival of faith. He goes from burden, complaining, perplexity, to prayer for revival, then ends up at faith, joy, and praising the Lord by singing. In like manner, we can have our faith revived and end up at joy despite what circumstances we are […]

Elder Tim McCool contrasts the king of Sodom who makes of think of the devil and the world with Melchizedek, the king of Salem, the king of righteousness, who points us towards Jesus Christ. Which king do you want to serve? We should seek to serve Jesus Christ, the king of righteousness who loves his […]

Elder Buddy Abernathy considers two types of believers and two types of unbelievers, particularly the children of God who have been blinded by the devil lest they should believe the glorious gospel of Christ. Many children of God can get distracted by the temptations of Satan to not believe the true gospel as they ought […]

Elder Tim McCool gives us the picture of the ascent of the ark back to Jerusalem from Psalm 24. That points us towards the true picture of the ark, which was Jesus Christ who was our mercy seat to bring forgiveness for the broken law. As we seek up today unto Mount Zion, we invite […]

Elder Morgan Sims reminds us that what children of God need is the simple truths of the milk of the word of election, predestination, and God’s sovereignty in salvation. In addition, we are especially sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise when we believe in the gospel of our salvation.

In natural creation, we see God’s sovereignty manifested which also shows us of God’s sovereignty in spiritual creation. God did not request the darkness’s permission or consent to impose light upon it. God simply said, let there be light and there was light. The same is true in regeneration: God says let there be light […]

When we are overwhelmed by physical or circumstantial suffering, we might be tempted to become hasty with our words and question where the Lord is at in the midst of this trial. The Lord reminds us he is on his throne, he is in his holy temple, he is still in control of this world […]

We acutely feel Habakkuk’s struggle of being called to wait in the midst of circumstances around him that are painful, burdensome, and ungodly, especially knowing things will be getting worse, not better. We cannot let the suffering of our current circumstances quench our faith and let Satan rob our joy. Those who wait upon the […]

Many Christians can relate to the burden and struggle of Habakkuk. We see evil around us and things seem to be getting worse, not better, and might even feel that God is not listening to our prayers. In considering the problem of evil in this world, we must interpret events around us through the lens […]

In studying the creation account in Genesis, we see God’s sovereignty in natural creation. This also reveals God’s sovereignty in spiritual creation, as we are made a new creature in the new birth. Man is not cooperative in allowing God to create him in natural creation, and the same is true in spiritual creation. Man […]

The Israelites in Egyptian bondage served with great rigor and bondage, and in time, the Pharaoh required the same tale of bricks, but they had to twice the work, with no straw provided. This makes us think of the law, the standard of the law does not change, but our ability to meet that standard […]

One of the reasons why Habakkuk is so overwhelmed by the rapid downward spiral of the culture around him is just a few years before, he could remember the “glory days” of the revival led by king Josiah. We go back and consider the characteristics of Josiah’s revival and how he grew in his devotion […]

As we begin a study of the book of Genesis, we begin the standard of God that predated even the creation. There is only one, true, and living God – there is none else. There is no room for none other God, and just like Dagon, all other false gods fall down and are destroyed […]

Much of the New Testament focuses on an admonition for God’s people, the just, to live by faith. We consider an overview of the book of Habakkuk, where the original verse is quoted from, where the prophet was called to walk by faith even in a culture that was ungodly and would quickly descend into […]

Elder Calvin Warren reminds us of the vital importance of the love of God. We should tell the Lord regularly how much we love him. We need to meditate on the great love wherewith he loved us, which passeth knowledge. We need to have our hearts knit together in love, and show love to each […]

Jacob lived under the sorrow and misery of believing a lie of Joseph’s death for 22 years. When he found out Joseph was actually alive, he didn’t believe it and his heart fainted. Then, when he saw the wagons, his heart actually revived. The difference between a fainting heart and a revived heart was belief […]

Prayer is the final, seventh component of the armor of God, and our lifeline to heaven to call for reinforcements from the captain of our salvation. Principally, Paul exhorts us to pray for the ministry and to pray for the advancement and growth of God’s kingdom. The kingdom of God should be at the forefront […]

In our warfare against the wiles of the devil, it is vitally important that we put on the whole armor of God to protect us against Satan’s attacks. We consider together the 7 pieces of the armor of God that are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds and protect us against the […]

In conclusion of the gospel of John, we see a statement that if everything that Jesus did just in his 3.5 year ministry would have been written down, the whole world could not contain it. We meditate together on just the glory and works of God that are truly beyond our comprehension and if they […]