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Jesus told the Parable of the Wicked Tenants to the chief priests and the Pharisees and ended it by telling them "the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces its fruit." However, we can apply this parable to ourselves, since, as members of the priesthood of all believers, we are the ones that produce the fruits of faith.

Everyone begins "stuck to the couch" and unwilling to do God's work due to our sinful nature. However, through faith we eventually "get off the couch" and go to work spreading the good news of salvation to the world.

The apostle Paul encourages us to conduct ourselves in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, but what does that mean, and how do we do it? It means that we should exercise our heavenly citizenship, and in order to that we must know what the gospel of Christ is, which requires us to be anchored in the Word of God.

There are many things in our lives that are neither commanded nor forbidden by Scripture; we call these "adiaphoron," meaning middle or indifferent things. Yet it is often in and around these things that we sin against our brothers and sisters in Christ.

As members of the priesthood of all believers, we are not necessarily called to be prophets like Ezekiel. However, we are called to be on the watch for our friends, family members, and neighbors and to warn them when they are in spiritual danger.

We know from scriptures that the sacrifices given in the times of the Old Testament did not live; the animals were killed either just before or during the sacrifice. So how can we offer our bodies and our lives as sacrifices to God and still remain alive?

We look at the Psalm that David wrote about his deliverance (by God) after fleeing for his life, and through it we see the many reasons why we magnify (praise) God's name and how we go about doing it.

When a Canaanite woman begged Jesus to help her (by removing the demon that was tormenting her daughter), it seems like Jesus ignored and insulted her. However, he was actually strengthening her faith and preparing her for future hardships through this encounter. Our faith enables us to cling to his promise and know that he isn't ignoring us; rather, he answers our pleas and cares for us according to what is best for us.

Have you ever experienced burnout or frustration when serving the LORD's Church? Even the prophet Elijah struggled with this after confronting and removing the prophets of the false god Baal. But we must remember that our work in the LORD is never in vain.

Many people have likely heard the saying "there's no such thing as a free meal," but the salvation that Jesus won for us actually is a free meal, and it is truly the only one that matters.