Posts by Roy Mason
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 24
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;” — Ephesians 2:8 nasb This is the third straight week that we have been reading and memorizing scripture that teaches us the three steps to heaven. Thus far we have learned Step One: The truth…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 23
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me.” -John 14:6 nasb The line in the sand between all religions is this authoritative claim by Jesus. Many people will proclaim that Jesus was a good teacher and a capable moral leader, but nothing more. While…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 22
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” — Romans 3:23 NIV Sin is becoming an archaic word. In our modern society we have replaced the word with more palatable ones like, mistake, error, or shortcoming. None of these do justice to the original Greek word, hamartánō. This word literally means,…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 21
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV In 1933, shortly after becoming President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt boldly declared, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself!” He was wrong. As long as there…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 20
“In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:18 nasb For much of my life I have been talking about the three “G’s” of living. Grateful, Generous, and Gracious are three words that should summarize the living out of our faith in a personal and tangible…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 19
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” — Romans 8:31b esv The greatest security in all of creation is summed up in this verse of scripture. In the midst of this magnificent chapter of the Bible is contained, what John MacArthur calls, “a hymn of security.” It must be remembered that these…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 18
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” — Romans 8:28 nasb Last week we learned that God’s nature is goodness. This week we read that He causes all things to work together for good. Seems logical right?…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 17
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” — Psalm 23: 6 ESV This week our verse comes as the closing refrain from last week’s hymn. What began with David singing, “The Lord is My shepherd” ends with “I…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 16
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” — Psalm 23:1 ESV This is one of the most beloved passages in all of scripture. No one knows exactly when David penned these words. Some believe he wrote it as an old man approaching physical death and that this is a hymn of reflection over…
Read More“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 15
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” –Galatians 6:7 NIV When Paul says, “God cannot be mocked” he uses a word that literally means “to turn up your nose at.” Few of us would readily admit that we have turned our nose up to God, but whenever we choose…
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