Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For…
In this message I want to talk about what it takes to be saved. And what it takes to stay saved. With a special focus on works vs grace.
In Gal.1 we see that salvation by works is anathema to Paul’s gospel. Yet we have still today those who would try to insert works…
It all begins with the first man and the first woman. Adam and Eve. If we can’t prove it from the events describing their experiences then it is not true. It’s really that simple. So can we prove that Adam’s nature changed from a Godly nature to a sin nature from the…
In a post I received from Harvest Christian Fellowship, a church I once attended as a very young believer, head pastor Greg Laurie rightly claimed that the devil will cast doubt and call into question what God’s word really says. Misquoting, mischaracterizing, and…
The purpose of this message is to clear up any confusion about the marriage supper of the lamb. It is not about a tearful and sumptuous meal we will be having at a huge dining table with the Messiah. It is about the destruction of His enemies.
We are living in the…
The beauty of our mortality is that in it, and by our own free will, we find reason to seek a relationship with God. This is why God set it up so that Adam would only be sent out of the garden after he had the knowledge of good and evil. And not before. Because armed with…
Common Misconceptions:
The Bible is clear that the resurrection of the dead is a reality. This life is far from all that there is to experience. While death is the end of physical life, it is not the end of human existence. That’s really good news!
However, people have…
In 2Cor.3 Paul lays out the case for the glory of the Old Testament. And the much more glory in it’s successor The New Testament. He says in vs.7-9, “But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could…
Righteous and justified, in Hebrew yashar, and dikaios in Greek, carries with it the Biblical meaning of being right with God and in relationship with Him. And this right-ness with God is eternal life.
Just as life is the opposite of death, so righteousness is the opposite…