On one occasion, after Jesus had silenced the Sadducees concerning the resurrection from the dead, a certain lawyer was moved to tempt Him by asking a question about the law. This particular lawyer said to Jesus, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” (Matthew 22:36) Jesus answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy […]
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth He meditate day and night. And He shall be like a tree […]
Jesus once said, “…If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31, 32). Many wonderful thoughts can be gleaned from the words which Jesus uttered here. We are made aware of some exceptional realities that come as […]
Sin is repulsive. It was sin that made it necessary for God to go to extreme measures to redeem mankind. God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to condemn sin in the flesh (Romans 8:3) The conquering of sin, however, required more than the manifestation of God’s Son in the flesh. Jesus […]
Everyone is a servant. Paul said, “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” We are all either servants of sin or obedience. To be a servant of sin is to be under […]
The Hebrews writer wrote, “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines…” (Heb. 13:9). Strange doctrines are doctrines foreign to the Word of God. They are doctrines that originate in the mind of man instead of the mind of God. While there is certainly a lot of false teaching in the religious world today, […]
In Romans One, we see the progressive nature of sin. Specifically, we see the continual plight toward the moral ruin of those who deny the reality of God. Paul said that these deniers of God “…changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted […]
In most cases being addicted to something is not very desirable. When we think about the alcoholic sitting on a park bench with half a bottle of liquor in his hand, his life all but ruined by his addiction to alcohol, it is not a pretty picture. It is certainly not a situation that we […]
Most denominational churches teach that we are saved by faith alone. To be fair, that does not mean they believe that man does not have to do anything to make it to heaven. Most of them teach that there is something to do after one becomes a Christian. However, they all believe that one does […]
The Bible often speaks of the will of God. Knowing, respecting, and ultimately doing, the will of God is essential to making it to heaven. Matthew 7:21 (ESV) 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is […]