How where people saved when under the law, before Christ came? One often hears this question: “How were the Jews under the law saved before Christ came? The Bible gives the answer: ” for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified”(Gal.2:16). They were saved just like we are. In fact, there has only been one way of salvation from sin and the gift of eternal life from the beginning of mankind on earth until the last…..
Sign of His Coming: The Fig Tree (Israel) putting forth leaves Our Lord has created in nature pictures of spiritual truth . We are familiar with some and they have found their way into our language as “storms of life’ and “winds of adversity”. The fig tree is, in Bibles usage, given as a picture of the nation Israel. When asked about His coming and the end of the age Jesus said, “Now learn a parable of the fig tree;…..
The Second coming of Christ: The Sound of the Trumpet The next thing on the Lord’s agenda: THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE INCORRUPTIBLE AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED- 1Cor. 15:52. We get a word picture of this event from the trumpet signalling Israel as they moved across the desert from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land many years ago .Num.10:1-6. There was no notice beforehand as to when the trumpet was sounded by…..
TESTIMONY: RECEIVING CHRIST Remembering, “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures”, preached by Pastor Paul VanGorder in the church we attended, conviction of sin struck me literally like a knife in the center of my body and I lay down on the floor. I saw for the first time my spiritual problem. It was not simply wrong doing. I was a…..
WAR IN THE HEAVENS Jesus defeated Satan (the Devil) once for all , dying on the cross and the third day rising from the dead. But Satan would bluff his way out of it and deny us the fruit of victory in our daily lives if he can. History gives an example. On October 17, 1781, Great Britain under Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. Washington securing the independence of our nation, The United States. On the high seas and in…..
Some of the most meaningful words ever spoken show the grounds for our rest of faith in Christ. In the gospel of Mark, concerning the death of Christ on the cross, we read, “And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.” In the gospel of John, (John 19:30), we find out what Jesus said when He cried with a loud voice; this no doubt for public record and notice to all- believers, doubters, demons, and angels……
Jesus said, “This is the blood of the New Testament (Covenant) shed for many for the remission of sins.” ( Matt.26:28). The old covenant is the law- written on tablets of stone for the Israelite and its works written on the conscience for the rest of us. There is now a New Covenant, everlasting, planned and honored by God before the foundation of the world (Eph.1), for those who will receive Christ in faith. It is complete for those who…..
I have found that, whatever the temptation, if one by faith turns it, in all its unvarnished reality, over to the Spirit that resides within, the temptation will disappear. Jesus has promised to never leave the believer. By His Spirit, He is ever within the believer. He does not cheat. He does not steal. He does not blame God,. He does not lie. He does not lust. He does not harbor a grudge. He loves and forgives. He is present…..
Consider this situation. Two men have a debt, each one on a note of a million dollars. They are not eligible for bankruptcy. They are about to lose their homes and their all to the creditors. Along comes a benefactor. He deposits a million dollars in each debtor’s bank account One debtor gladly uses it to pay off his million dollar note. The other debtor claims to be one “who pays his own debts’ and refuses the gift. “I will…..
The last Words of Jesus in the book of Matthew are what is called The Great Commission, “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world’ (Matt.28:19-20). This was a unique event on a certain mountain in Galilee. It is the…..