Grace is unmerited favor from God. We cannot merit or earn any blessings. We are sinners. Everyone is under the death penalty. All of our blessings, especially our salvation, is through God's grace. Ephesians 2:8 (NKJV), “For by grace you have been saved through [...]
Chapter 12 is about “spiritual” matters. It identifies at least four different ways or diversities of gifts (verse 4) in which the Holy Spirit operates.Why did Paul first remind the Corinthians that they worshipped dumb idols? Because, they had been deceived. The brethren needed [...]
A man’s mind or spirit may be known by his words and conduct; and so we may know God’s mind or Spirit by his words and dealings. The Bible teaches that those who come to God (by faith, and reformation from bad works and [...]
Within the church, only men are to be teachers, preachers, or elders. 1 Timothy 2:11, 12 (ESV) reads, “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is [...]
The New Testament begins with the life story of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus’s life and death provide for the redemption of all mankind. It was prophesied throughout the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament. The holy calling to follow in Jesus’s [...]
God, Himself, wrote the Ten Commandments with His finger on the slabs of stone. So certainly, the Ten Commandments, often referred to as the Law of Moses, are the Law of God. These wonderful statutes outline the principles of God’s love and justice. Almost [...]
To have foreknowledge is crucial when one is designing and planning. If you are designing a building, you must know ahead of time how to finance, where to place it, basic layout, structure, materials, workers, etc., before you can even attempt to begin work. [...]
Who is the “us”? The LORD God is the architect of all creation. He designed and planned it. Then God created the Logos, meaning “word” in Greek. The Logos (Jesus) is the only begotten son of God (John 3:16), the first born (Colossians 1:15) of all [...]
Why would it be a sin? A sin is something that opposes God and His righteous will. How would taking a vaccine oppose God? The vaccine helps people to fight a virus. That virus has already killed between 3 million to 6 million people worldwide. [...]
“I am the LORD thy God…Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:2-3. Deuteronomy 13:6, 9-10 (ESV), “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your [...]
Since the beginning of Christianity there have been misguided, sincere Christians who fall into the trap of confusing literal Bible verses with symbolic verses. For example consider Ephesians 6:11, “Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand [...]
To understand verse 4:6, we need to recognize that all men are under the Adamic penalty of death. In other words, since Adam was under the death penalty, the entire human race is also under the death penalty. In a sense, we are all dead. (Matthew [...]
When we pray we do not use a formula for any particular needs, but rather we pour out our hearts to God. We tell Him what our hearts’ desires are. In this situation, we might pray that the grieving ones may know and feel the [...]
When Paul was on Mars Hill in Athens, he said, “And He (God) has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” Acts 17:16. We are all of father Adam’s blood, and Adam was called [...]
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart [...]
1 Corinthians 2:11, 14 (NKJV), “… no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ... 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know [...]
In the New Testament, miracles were signs given to unbelievers to bring them to Christ. Just as tongues (foreign languages) were given to spread the gospel, so the miracle of healing testified to God’s power. 1 Corinthians 14:22 (NKJV), “Therefore tongues are for a [...]
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (ESV), “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty [...]
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight…” John 18:36. God is not directing the leaders of this “present evil world,” Galatians 1:4 It is not that there is no good in [...]
Reading the accounts together in Matthew 27:45-51, Mark 15:33-39, Luke 23:46-49 and John 19:25-30, this world-changing event is one of the most dramatic we will ever hear or read. The first question this scene raises is, why did God send an earthquake? In the Scriptures, [...]
