Posts by George Stiekes
Face to Face
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend (Exodus 33:11). And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face (Deuteronomy 34:10). Coram Deo are two Latin words. The word coram means, before or in the presence of,…
Read MoreWar
There is military unrest in many parts of the world just now. This actually is nothing new. Over the last 3,500 years in our world, there have been only 268 in which peace reigned. Hundreds of millions of people have died in war, or as in the case with the current war in the Ukraine,…
Read MoreA Few Thoughts on Worship (2)
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:…
Read MoreA Few Thoughts on Worship (1)
God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). During the week, how much time do you think you personally spend in worship? When you attend church, how often do you actually worship? Worship Defined by Others Worship is nowhere defined in Scripture, yet aspects…
Read MoreChristmas in History and Spirit
The First Christmas Celebration Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. II Corinthians 9:15 Scrooge sternly said to His nephew: You keep Christmas your way, and let me keep it in mine. His nephew responded, But you don’t keep it! To Scrooge, Christmas was only a time for paying bills without money; a time…
Read MoreThinking Biblically
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD (Isaiah 55:8). Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be…
Read MoreThanksgiving
Dr. Alexander Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland, was famous for his pulpit prayers which always included words of thanksgiving. One stormy morning a member of the congregation thought to himself, “The preacher will have nothing to thank God for on a wretched morning like this!” Dr. Whyte began his prayer, “We thank Thee, O God, that…
Read MoreThe Testing of Faith
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: I Peter 1:7 The word “trial” [δοκίμιον / dokimion] refers to a testing, that which reveals the trustworthiness of…
Read MorePraying for One Another
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin…
Read MoreGod Hears Us When We Pray
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error (I John 4:6). And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he…
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