Category: King James Bible Authority

To Be Seen and Heard #3

Thursday, March 20, 2025

“But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,…” (Matthew 23:5 KJV).

Should we be in attendance at the “Desperate-for-Attention-and-Relevance Conference?”

Today’s Scripture again: “But all their works they do for to be seen of men….”Their objective in Judaism in Jesus’ day was not to be seen of God, but to receive praise, recognition, approbation, or applause from their fellow humans! Several illustrations are provided. For instance, “they make broad their phylacteries.” These leather boxes held pieces of paper with Law-based Scripture on them. Such containers were attached to the forehead or left wrist with a strap. Larger phylacteries obviously meant someone was carrying many verses (“I know and obey more Bible passages than you!”). Huge phylacteries “advertised” the wearers were “more pious,” or “more religious,” than others. It was a way of bragging or flaunting self-righteousness.

Also, they would “enlarge the borders of their garments.” Mark 12:38 words it as, “Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing.” Luke 20:46 warns, “Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes….” According to Numbers 15:37-41 and Deuteronomy 22:12, blue fringes or tassels served as a reminder to Israel to keep the Mosaic Law, the Old Covenant. Israel’s apostate leaders extended their fringes because they wanted to appear “more religious” or “more spiritual” than the rest. Their special clothing was ostentatious, pretentious, or “flashy.”

Moreover, as per the context of today’s Scripture, “And [they] love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,…” (Matthew 23:6). They sought to have the best or most prominent seats at banquets (cf. Mark 12:39; Luke 20:46). Read Christ’s stinging words on this selfish practice in Luke 14:7-11. They strove to occupy the foremost spaces at the synagogues—like today’s “front-row pew seekers!” Again, eminence before their peers was their goal. Those who sit closest to the pulpit seem to be the “holiest” or “godliest,” right? “Look at me, see me, observe me, watch me!” Such behavior is nothing but self-aggrandizement, the prideful desire to be at the center of attention—especially in religion.

The Lord has even more to communicate here….

To Be Seen and Heard #2

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

“But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,…” (Matthew 23:5 KJV).

Should we be in attendance at the “Desperate-for-Attention-and-Relevance Conference?”

Read today’s Scripture in context, a long speech delivered just a few days before Calvary: “[1] Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, [2] Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: [3] All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. [4] For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”

Chapter 23 of Matthew is one of the most scathing rebukes the Lord Jesus Christ ever issued during His earthly ministry. (John chapter 8 is another extremely offensive sermon.) He warns His listeners—both His followers and any curiosity-seekers—of the religious corruption that had overtaken Judaism. The nation Israel’s spiritual leaders seem like Moses’ successors, God’s spokesmen, but they are hypocritical. Provided they taught the pure Word of God, the unadulterated Law of Moses, they should be followed. Nevertheless, as Christ Himself pointed out, there is also a counterfeit Word of God and an imitation ministry in Israel: these perverted religious leaders are teaching their words of men and passing them off as the words of God, and they are also failing to “practice what they preach” (“they say, and do not”).

They have watered down God’s commandments with mindless religious tradition. Instead of the LORD’S laws pointing out man’s sin problem, those laws have been “supplemented” with humanistic thoughts and deeds that portray man in a more positive light. God and His precepts are not at the center of attention because man has placed the spotlight on himself. It becomes all the more serious when we recognize this has occurred in God’s nation Israel, His channel of salvation and blessing to the nations in prophecy. As long as Israel languishes in spiritual darkness, she cannot be all that the LORD intended her to be. She is thus incapable of reaching the Gentiles….

To Be Seen and Heard #1

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

“But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,…” (Matthew 23:5 KJV).

Should we be in attendance at the “Desperate-for-Attention-and-Relevance Conference?”

In a world of mass communication, everyone aims to be seen and/or heard by as many as possible—even at the risk of appearing or sounding foolish. For example, a “journalist” once asked a government official why a certain disease was especially affecting older people. Of course, the “reporter,” at least 50 years of age, had to have known that the immune system gradually weakens as someone advances in years. To pose such a question just revealed his ignorance. What he did was contribute nothing meaningful or substantial. It was merely to look or sound important at a press conference… but had the opposite effect.

Social media (personal internet platforms or websites) during the last two decades has been both a blessing and a curse, with advantages and disadvantages. Once, a “grace pastor” with whom I was acquainted drifted off into teaching some strange and rather heretical doctrines. His unusual beliefs and practices were beginning to affect others I knew. Upon being asked why he was promoting such nonsense, his reply was, essentially: “Well, if So-and-So has a following, and if He-or-She has a following, I will gain a following too.” Private interpretations create denominations—and he was willing to do it for sake of “fame.”

The internet is a treasure trove of both wisdom and ignorance. We can find valuable resources covering a wide range of topics, to broaden our understanding. Moreover, the world wide web is also a repository to hear or see publicity stunts. From the child throwing a temper tantrum to an adult’s outrageous behavior in popular (“viral”) videos, someone wants to make sure someone else notices them. This publicity strokes their ego; it makes them feel important or superior to others. Such “drama queens” engage in exaggerated conduct, posting any and every thought that comes to mind, uploading photo after photo after photo of self, touching on whatever controversial topic happens to be trending.

Let us be honest. It is human nature to strive to be at the center of attention. That is one of the effects of sin….

Something in Which to Glory!

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

“As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Galatians 6:12-14 KJV).

In what shall we glory? About what shall we boast? In what shall we find value?

Religion produces people who enjoy bragging all about their “dedication to God.” “Look what I did—the ceremonies in which I have participated, the many prayers I faithfully recited daily, how much I put in the collection plate, see how many pleasures I gave up to please God! Come, see how much I love Him!” Dear friends, the Apostle Paul found great value in something—but that something was not what he did. All that human flesh can accomplish pales in comparison to the work in today’s Scripture.

As Lent begins, the time when religionists temporarily (a mere 40 days) relinquish some pleasant food or activity, let us remember that our performance is often non-performance. Once we place ourselves on that treadmill of “do, do, do,” we are guaranteed to fail at some point. Human flesh is simply too weak to maintain 100 percent—that is sin! Even concerning one rule, we cannot keep it perfectly. We mess up eventually.

If ever we believe that our puny works are worth bragging about, let us remember the words of the Apostle Paul in today’s Scripture. While some boast in their religiosity (in the passage, the Judaizers applauding their rite of physical circumcision), and such denominationalists today urge us to obey their church’s instructions so they too may boast in our ability, let us eschew such foolishness. Being imperfect, all their works do not measure up to Christ’s finished crosswork. At Calvary, we find the only sacrifice that will ever please the God of the Bible. If we must boast, let us brag that He did what we could never, ever do!

See our archived Bible Q&A: “Should Christians observe Lent?”

God’s Grace on Parade

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

“…But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” (Romans 5:20 KJV).

Today, especially here in southern Louisiana, the Catholic festival of Mardi Gras takes advantage of God’s grace. God’s grace abounds even when drunkenness, lasciviousness, and gluttony are committed overtly on our streets for religion. Because we live in the Dispensation of the Grace of God, they can flaunt their sin without being consumed by fire from heaven!

“Mardi Gras,” French for “Fat Tuesday,” is a day when religious people—professing “Christians”—lose self-control (excess alcohol, food, and partying). The following day, Ash Wednesday, they promise to live “holy” for the next 40 days (Lent). A priest will then place ashes on their foreheads proving that God forgave them for that riotous living. Blasphemy!

Regardless of all its biblical allusions (illusions!), Mardi Gras is still evil and anti-God. It was never Christian, originating from pagan Roman festivals, Saturnalia and Lupercalia (interestingly known for riots, drunkenness, gluttony, and fornication, and subsequent repentance).

The Holy Spirit, speaking through the Apostles Peter and Paul, was clearly against Mardi Gras reveling and drunkenness (Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Peter 4:3). So why do professing Christians engage in the very activities that God the Holy Spirit condemned?! As Christians, we should “deny” the activities of Mardi Gras (Romans 6:11-15; Titus 2:11-15).

If I appear offended, I am. Mardi Gras, despite its godly façade, is offensive to the great God and my Saviour Jesus Christ! God’s grace continues to tolerate such foolishness from mankind. Man parades his sin, and God parades His grace, holding back wrath.

Are you a Mardi Gras reveler? I declare unto you the wonderful Gospel of the Grace of God. God did for you at Calvary what you could never do: “Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and He was raised again the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Jesus Christ shed His sinless blood and died to put away all of your sins, Mardi Gras revelry included.

If you rest in Christ Jesus alone as your Saviour, God will save you forever, make a trophy of His grace, and then YOUR life will be God’s grace on parade!

*Adapted from a larger Bible study with the same name. The Bible study can be read here or watched here.

You may also see our archived Bible study Q&A, “Should Christians celebrate Mardi Gras?”

God is Love

Friday, February 14, 2025

“…God is love… God is love… We love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:8b,16b,19 KJV).

The word “love” is used very flippantly in today’s world. Of the many who speak about “love,” few know what it is. On this Valentine’s Day, we offer sound doctrine from God’s Word to correct the misunderstandings of what love really is. What is love, according to God’s Word?

Today’s Scripture says that “God is love”—God does not simply love, but His very nature is love. What does that mean? In 1 John 3:16, we read: “Hereby we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us:” Our Apostle Paul put it this way: “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). God’s nature is love—selfless, self-sacrificing!

God’s Word defines love and charity in 2 Corinthians 12:15: “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.” Love is seeking the best interest of others, even if it costs you something (time, energy, resources, et cetera). Charity is love in deed (demonstrated, manifested in action). God loved us, so He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. It cost God the Father His Son, and it cost God the Son His life. What a selfless act!

Our nature in Adam is selfish, but our nature in Christ is not. Paul declares, “the love of Christ constraineth us” (2 Corinthians 5:14). We who have trusted Jesus Christ alone as our personal Saviour, our Christian lives are driven and motivated by Christ’s love for us, not our love for Him. It is this unselfish love of Christ working in us that causes us to look on the things of others, to seek their edification and their benefit, not ours (Romans 13:8-10; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 2:1-11). This will result in charity, our selfless actions reflecting that love of Christ (2 Corinthians 12:15).

As the lost world observes our Christian service, they will see, “God is love.”

*Adapted from a larger Bible study with the same name. The Bible study can be read here or watched here.

You can see our archived Bible Q&A study: “Should Christians celebrate Valentine’s Day?”

Love, Not Eloquence

Thursday, February 13, 2025

“And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved” (2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV).

A dear Christian brother, now enjoying Heaven, wrote long ago: “It is not the tongue that counts—it is the heart. There are many educated ministers today who can prepare and deliver eloquent sermons; but if the heart is not filled with the love of God, the message will be empty and vain.” We agree wholeheartedly!

Read Philippians 1:15-18. Some people serve in ministry out of goodwill and love—endeavoring to benefit others, seek their highest good, profit them, impart sound Bible doctrine unto them, offer them spiritual light and understanding. Others in ministry simply wish to attack, belittle, or pick fights. God’s love is not operating in them: their flesh underlies what they do and speak. They might even study the Bible, and sound like the Lord Jesus Christ’s servants, but they are spiteful and vindictive. Philosophy (man’s wisdom), not the love of the Holy Spirit, governs them. As today’s Scripture expresses, Paul was just the opposite.

Read the Apostle’s other words to Corinth: “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (1 Corinthians 1:17-21).

“And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:1,2). Above all, brethren, may we be gentle and loving (instead of “philosophical”) in ministry as we share the Message of Grace!

To Hold One’s Peace #3

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

“And the man wondering at her held his peace…” (Genesis 24:21 KJV).

The King James Bible features nearly 60 references to men “holding [their] peace.” What is the denotation?

“And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me” (Mark 10:48). “But he held his peace, and answered nothing…” (Mark 14:61). “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not” (Luke 4:35). “And they held their peace…” (Luke 14:4). “And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me” (Luke 18:39). “And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out” (Luke 19:40).

“…[A]nd they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace” (Luke 20:26). “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God,…” (Acts 11:18). “But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place” (Acts 12:17). “And after they had held their peace, James answered,…” (Acts 15:13). “Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:…” (Acts 18:9). “If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace” (1 Corinthians 14:30).

The Authorized Version defines “holding the peace” as: “answered him not a word” (2 Kings 18:36; Isaiah 36:21), “found nothing to answer” (Nehemiah 5:8), “their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth” (Job 29:10), “dumb with silence” (Psalm 39:2), “keep silence” (Psalm 83:1; Isaiah 62:6), “shutteth his lips” (Proverbs 17:28), and “answered nothing” (Mark 14:61). “Hold” is “maintain or keep in a specified state or relation.” For example, “hold still” is “stay motionless.” Hence, “hold one’s peace” is “maintain silence.”

To Hold One’s Peace #2

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

“And the man wondering at her held his peace…” (Genesis 24:21 KJV).

The King James Bible features nearly 60 references to men “holding [their] peace.” What is the denotation?

“He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace” (Proverbs 11:12). “Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding” (Proverbs 17:28). “But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not” (Isaiah 36:21). “I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once” (Isaiah 42:14).

“…have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?” (Isaiah 57:1). “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth” (Isaiah 62:1). “I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,…” (Isaiah 62:6).

“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?” (Isaiah 64:12). “My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war” (Jeremiah 4:19). “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests” (Zephaniah 1:7).

“And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David” (Matthew 20:31). “But Jesus held his peace,…” (Matthew 26:63). “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him” (Mark 1:25). “…But they held their peace” (Mark 3:4). “But they held their peace…” (Mark 9:34).

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To Hold One’s Peace #1

Monday, February 10, 2025

“And the man wondering at her held his peace…” (Genesis 24:21 KJV).

The King James Bible features nearly 60 references to men “holding [their] peace.” What is the denotation?

“…[A]nd Jacob held his peace until they were come” (Genesis 34:5). “…And Aaron held his peace” (Leviticus 10:3). “And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her…” (Numbers 30:4; cf. verses 7,11,14). “And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest:…” (Judges 18:19). “…But he held his peace” (1 Samuel 10:27). “…but hold now thy peace, my sister:…” (2 Samuel 13:20).

“…And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace” (2 Kings 2:3; cf. verse 5). “Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace:…” (2 Kings 7:9). “But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not” (2 Kings 18:36).“…Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer” (Nehemiah 5:8). “So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,…” (Nehemiah 8:11).

“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time,…” (Esther 4:14). “Should thy lies make men hold their peace?…” (Job 11:3). “O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom” (Job 13:5). “Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will” (Job 13:13). “The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth” (Job 29:10). “Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak” (Job 33:31; cf. verse 33).

“I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred” (Psalm 39:2). “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears…” (Psalm 39:12). “Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God” (Psalm 83:1). “Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;…” (Psalm 109:1).

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To Hold One’s Peace #1 “And the man wondering at her held
his peace…” (Genesis 24:21
KJV). The King James Bible features nearly 60
references to men “holding [their] peace.” What is the denotation? “…[A]nd Jacob held his peace
until they were come” (Genesis 34:5). “…And Aaron held
his peace” (Leviticus 10:3). “And her father hear her vow, and her
bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace
at her…” (Numbers 30:4; cf. verses 7,11,14). “And they said unto him, Hold
thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a
father and a priest:…” (Judges 18:19). “…But he held his peace”
(1 Samuel 10:27). “…but hold now thy peace, my sister:…” (2
Samuel 13:20). “…And he said, Yea, I know it; hold
ye your peace” (2 Kings 2:3; cf. verse 5). “Then
they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings,
and we hold our peace:…” (2 Kings 7:9). “But the people held
their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was,
saying, Answer him not” (2 Kings 18:36).“…Then held they their peace,
and found nothing to answer” (Nehemiah 5:8). “So the Levites stilled all
the people, saying, Hold your peace,…” (Nehemiah 8:11). “For if thou altogether holdest thy
peace at this time,…” (Esther 4:14). “Should thy
lies make men hold their peace?…” (Job 11:3). “O that ye would
altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom” (Job
13:5). “Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come
on me what will” (Job 13:13). “The nobles held their peace, and
their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth” (Job 29:10). “Mark
well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak” (Job
33:31; cf. verse 33). “I was dumb with silence, I held my
peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred”
(Psalm 39:2). “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not
thy peace at my tears…” (Psalm 39:12). “Keep not thou silence, O
God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God” (Psalm 83:1). “Hold
not thy peace, O God of my praise;…” (Psalm 109:1). There is more….