Authority is a big topic, it is hard to resume in a few simple paragraphs the profound effects of understanding and applying authority correctly. The importance of understanding kingdom authority cannot be overestimate. So here goes… Continue reading “How authority flows”
Living on crutches
Crutches in the natural are things we use when we are injured or lacking strength, usually while waiting for some part of our anatomy to heal.
Spiritually we use crutches to support ourselves in areas that are weak and that have not yet been given over to God for healing.
Continue reading “Living on crutches”Milk and meat
What is the difference between the milk and the meat of the word of God?
I have often heard that the milk is the easy stuff and the meat is the really complex theological stuff, but this never made sense to me in so far as we are told that even a child can enter the kingdom. So does that in effect mean that a child cannot enter the depth of the kingdom until he has intellectual acumen?
If we take the natural elements of milk and meat and how they are obtained and administered the picture is clear:
Peace on all your borders
When I think of solomon, the first thing that comes to mind is of course wisdom. Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived or ever will live according to the Old Testament. He was able to advance the kingdom of Israel in the areas of science, art, beauty, society, engineering, diplomacy and probably a whole host of other areas that are not cited in biblical accounts.
Yet there is an element of the reign of Solomon that I had overlooked: Israel had peace on all it’s borders during the reign of Solomon (1Kings ch. 4). One of the greatest blessings we can have is having “peace on all our borders”.