Daily Nugget

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come’. But when the King came in to see the guests, He noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.     He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’     The man was speechless.     Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.     For many are invited, but few are chosen’. (Matthew 22:8, 11-14) Invited.   The Proper Attire is Required – The Proper Attire is “Love”! Jesus said, “If You Love Me, You Will Obey Me”. You cannot serve Two Masters.   Our Daily Nugget Is The Parable of The Wedding Banquet. The Kingdom of Heaven is “Like” a King who prepared a Wedding Banquet. The Destiny of All people are either, The Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of Hell.   Our Life and or our Death “Will Follow Our Focus”.  If our focus is on the King’s Invitation, we a

“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”     Therefore, put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:19-21)     Be Slow To Speak!    Why or Why Not?   To be “slow to speak”, gives us time to pray for a correct  response and to give the Holy Spirit time to speak to us to show us the way.   James is admonishing us to be “Doers of the Word and not Hears Only, Deceiving Ourselves”! This is like a person saying, I believe, I just don’t do what I Say I Believe. Jesus said, if you Love Me, you will Obey Me. To Believe is to Obey.   To be a “Doer of the Word” is to “Receive the Word”. To refuse to be a “Doer of the Word” is to “Reject the Word”. Let no one deceive you, including yourself.   In Chapter One and throughout the Book of James is all about “Wisdom”.  How Kingdom Citizens are to “Live, according to the Bib

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up (carry) his cross, and follow me.     For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.     For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?     For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man “according to his deeds”. (Matthew 16:24-27)   Carry “Your Cross”!   The Bible says, There is A Cross for Everyone! To Carry or Take Up your Cross means, To Make God’s Goals, Your Goals! The Cross that Jesus “Carried” was the “Bringing of God’s Salvation to Man”!   Our Daily Nugget occurs at a time of Great Activity among Jesus and His Followers.  These are the things occurring in Chapter sixteen prior to our Daily Nugget.     The Pharisees and the Sadducees Seek A Sign – These were

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second, not to bear (deal with) sin, but to “bring salvation to those who are ‘waiting’ for him”.     (Hebrew 9:27 & 28)   “Saved” from the “Presence of Sin”!   Are You “Waiting” For Him? All Those Who are “Waiting” for Him, “Will Be Saved” from the Presence of Sin!   Imagine a society were  “No One”: lied, cheated, stole, murdered, used unequal weights or unequal measures, was selfish, beard false witness against their neighbors, sought revenge, allowed anger to guide their actions, would rob, hurt, or harm in anyway.  Where no one placed themselves ahead of their neighbor; or no one was more interested in getting more than in giving.   This is what Heaven in Heaven “Will Be Like” for the Kingdom Citizens. This is what the  Life of the Kingdom Citizen should “Be Like” while we are living here on earth.   We will not be Saved fr

Daniel always prayed to God three times every day. “Three times every day”, he bowed down on his knees to pray and praise God. Even though Daniel heard about the new law, he still went to his house to pray. He went up to the upper room of his house and opened the windows that faced toward Jerusalem. Then Daniel bowed down on his knees and prayed just as he always had done.   (Daniel 6:10)   Habits!   I heard a man say, We Are The “Sum Total” of “Our Habits”! Ninety-five percent of the things we do are “Learned Habits”. Learning the “Correct Habits” are “Critical” to our ability to Living Holly!   Habit – A “settled” or “regular tendency” or “practice”. Our habits are formed in our Thinking Process, this determines our heart/mind.   Through the constant repetition of a “thing”, we turn our conscious awareness of a practice of that thing, into a “automatic habit”; like walking and talking.  We were not born knowing how to walk and talk, but we learned and got better and better until we d

Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.     For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.     (Psalms 37:1&2) No Worries! Don’t Fret Due to Evil Doers!   Our Daily Nugget is David giving us advice on how to think concerning people who are “evil” and people who chose to live “unholy”.  Our Daily Nugget also tells us the “destiny” of evildoers and people who live unholy.   For those of us who are saved, we have only been saved from the Penalty of Sin, we still must deal with the Power and Presence of Sin until we die or until Jesus comes back.  Saved people live like saved people, unsaved people live like unsaved people.   Being evil is the “action arm” of “Wicked Thinking”. No one can be an evil doer without first being a “Wicked Thinker”.   Wicked – “Thinking” up, conjuring up, bad, harmful, hurtful things to do to another. Evil – “Doing” the wicked things thought up or conjured up in ou

” Jesus said to them, “I saw Satan falling like lightning from the sky”.  He is the enemy but know that “I have given you more power than he has”.  I have given you power to crush snakes and scorpions under your feet.  Nothing will hurt you.  Yes, “even the ‘spirits’ obey you”.  And you can be happy, not because you have power, but because your names are written in heaven.”  (Luke 10:18-20)   From God, to Jesus, to Us; “Power”.   God gave to Jesus “All Power”,  Jesus gave to us “Power” over “The Physical and the Spirit Worlds”!   We must “Believe” this, before we “Receive” this! This scripture becomes “real” for us, as we “walk in obedience to the Word”. A sin filled life, forfeits our ability to live this scripture. As we “die to self” we will live this scripture.   Do you really believe that we people can “speak” to the demonic “spirits”, and they “must” “obey us”?  If you believe the Bible, the answer must be “Yes”!  Did you know that God “has given” us this kind of power?  We canno

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?    Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?     (Galatians 3:1-3)   Bewitched!   Who Has ”Bewitched” You? Who has taken over your “Thinking Process”?   You started out with Christ, are you now trying to end on your own “smarts”?   Bewitched – A magical spell, black magic.   Signifies   to deceive and lead astray by juggling tricks and pretended charms.   Witch – A woman believed to have magical powers.   In our Daily Nugget Paul is at his “wit’s end” due to the “fickleness” of the Galatian people.    Very often today we hear statements like this from people who say that they are Christians; “the Bible is so old, we need to adjust our understanding”, just yesterday a lady s