From my experience, the unbeliever thinks, if about it at all, that Christ died for the good people. It is an eye opener when we show such a one, from the Word of God, “to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth, the UNGODLY, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Rom.4:5). And when we do share the truth to a person, God grant it sticks in such a person’s mind like a cocklebur in a dog’s ear……
The Law, the prophets, the rituals, the preaching of Jesus, the preaching of His apostles, the preaching of Luther and the Reformers, the preaching of the many during the golden age of bible preaching in the nineteenth century, and a few today all tell the same way to eternal life: Grace through faith in the Gospel (Rom. 1:16). Because, humanly speaking, of the world empire of the Victorian age ( Queen Victoria herself being a devout Bible believer), the world…..
The first man and woman, Adam and Eve our ancestors, sinned by eating the forbidden fruit: the knowledge of good and evil. And, like people today, they hid from God. The Lord came, seeking them (Gen.3:8). When Adam and Eve hear the voice of the Lord walking in the garden, it is none other than the Son of God, Jesus, the Lord of Glory. His call leading to life instead of death; death brought on themselves by their own sin……
God’s special messenger, Paul, exhorts you and me, “Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened” ( 1Cor. 5:7-8). Remember, the word leaven in the Bible represents evil. As to this exhortation, it seems a contradiction, does it not? The apostle Paul tells us to purge out the old leaven and then telling us the reason: because we are unleavened. However, it is not a contradiction. Here is why. The moment we…..
Although light be everywhere, the blind person does not benefit from it.The light of the Gospel, (Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose the third day according the scriptures) has gone out in the English speaking world as the sun shining on a clear day, but the spiritually blind still grope in the darkness of unbelief. The tragedy is that unbelief is intentional. As to following Christ, “They all…..
About sheep and pigs. The Bible plainly says one who willfully practices known sin does not know God. Why? Because God’s Seed remains in the believer. The new nature of one born again hates sin and loves holiness (1John. 3:8-9). When I was a young man, I lived on a ranch in north-western Nebraska. There was a beautiful green meadow, Paramount Valley Ranch, where my grandfather and my father lived and ranched: cattle, horses and sheep. Hogs, a few, were…..
God’s Temple Some of the most beautiful buildings in the world are its temples and cathedrals. But none of them can begin to come up to the human body, which is created to be God’s temple; believer, “your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God” (1Cor.6:19). An awesome truth! This enables you and me to have direct and immediate communication with the Lord Jesus Christ; to have direction from Him;…..
SALVATION, THEN AND NOW. How were the Jews, under the Law of Moses, saved? Jesus said “no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”(John 14:6). They were saved by believing the Gospel: Christ to come; we are saved by believing the Gospel: Christ who has come. The Law had the same purpose then as now, to show us sin and our need of a Savior, ” That every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty…..
Living the Christian life is an adventure as my grandfather “Pap” Dillon, at sixteen years of age, left a safe home in Indiana and went to the Dakota territory with a Civil war General to make his way in Land ruled by the Sioux Indian. No written direction , a few old maps and witnesses of a life of fulfillment and adventure that called him on. But he made a successful life as a rancher with his wife and children…..
How many Commandments do Christians have? Jesus gave one, “…I command you that ye love one another” (John 15:17). Love fulfills the law. We don’t covet, steal from, or seduce one we love. The apostle John gives the second, which is to believe, “And this is his commandment that we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandment” (I John 3:27). Christians are not lawless. We are committed to…..