Being a slave to sin is as a man who is on a treadmill of works. You are it’s slave when you believe that unless you do those works, even good works, you are not righteous before God. How do we know this is what Paul meant being a slave to sin means? Because he says…
Jesus, the Christian’s ultimate model, was alone at his death because of his unwillingness to compromise truth. “He was deserted, forgotten, betrayed, and alone
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
We do not hope for what we already have. We hope for what we do not yet possess. If we have believed in Jesus we have eternal life. But, we do not yet have the body we will spend eternity in. Nor have we yet inherited the kingdom of Heaven. It is a promised inheritance. So…
“The lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.” “He died for our sins.” “He will reprove the world of sin.” Do you know what these things mean? Well, for a start the word sin, hhatah in Hebrew and hamartia in Greek, means to miss the mark. Plain and…
When I was a younger man I knew an old man once that had lived a very sordid lifestyle. I knew because he told me. So much so that his 1st family was estranged from him because of it. And he was married to someone who had done pretty much the same with her life and former…
We must learn what this means-
“He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” Rev.13:10.
The evil powers that be all around the world are leading…
By Edward O’Hara
People that believe in salvation by works like the doctrine of original sin and sin nature doctrines teach are those who think that the reason man is separated from God is because they are bad because they have done bad things, or because they are…
is a Lamp Unto My Feet, and a Light Unto My path.”…
By Edward O’Hara…
And a really great way to see this truth in action is in reading the story of the disciples when they saw Jesus walking on the water. But, first what comes to mind for me when I think of…