The point of the letter to the Romans is this: Completely dedicate your life to serving God. We need to remember that Paul wrote this letter to the early Christians in Rome which was a mix of Jews and Gentiles. Paul reminds them and [...]
The best answer would depend on more information, such as the type of debt and the relationship to the deceased, however, there are essential biblical concepts that apply to our Christian fiscal responsibility. We are obligated to demonstrate principles of truth, righteousness, wisdom, justice [...]
Genesis 3:14 helps us identify one of the two seeds. In that verse, we find God speaking to the serpent. So, "your seed" in verse 15 refers to the serpent's seed or Satan and his followers (see Revelation 20:2) and "her seed" would refer [...]
Both your spouse and your children demand your attention. The responsibilities to each one differs. According to Biblical standard… “ a man shall leave his father and his mother; and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Genesis 2:24. Together, a [...]
Absolutely, God does help the lonely. “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5) “Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8) “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you” (John 14:18) “You keep [...]
“The Church is the pillar and ground of the Truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15 The Church is spoken of as the Bride of Christ, in a formative or developing state, His espoused. Each one who makes a full consecration of himself to the Lord, trusting [...]
The Bible refers to heaven in both physical and symbolic ways. In the physical sense heaven is often referred to as having 3 levels. 1 The immediate atmosphere of earth. a God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below [...]
Just as marriage symbolizes the unity and devotion between a man and woman, sex symbolizes the unity of the flesh as one. 1 Corinthians 7:2 states, "But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each [...]
It is important to note that no one is truly righteous since we are all sinners. Romans 3:10, “There is none righteous, no, not one.” Jesus is the only person who lived perfectly all his life. Hebrews 7:26, “For such a High Priest was [...]
The Apostle Paul gave strong counsel on this subject to the Christians in Corinth. In I Corinthians 6, Paul expresses his disappointment with the believers there. Sadly, some felt it necessary to have their problems and disputes settled in public courts of law rather [...]
We know "God is love" (1 John 4:16), and we might think of a loving God as always being open to forgiving a sinner who repents. The case of Satan is unique. Satan was created as a beautiful angel, close to the heavenly Father. [...]
To answer the first question, we turn to Jude 1:6 “… and the angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation …”. This says that angels descended to earth. The sons of God were angels created by God, and the [...]
Most translations of the Bible do not contain the word “rapture.” The relatively recent concept made popular by books and movies commonly known as the "rapture” is taken largely from 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with [...]
What a heavy, sad burden you've been bearing since you were 16! You were so young! You must think of that baby every day. And now you wonder what is awaiting you in the next life. First of all, trust not only in God's [...]
This wonderful promise is a foretelling of the Messiah. Moses led his people out of the land of Egypt and stood between them and God in all their relationships with Him. He mediated between God and Israel. Peter told us that Jesus was the [...]
The Lord’s last supper of bread and wine as read in Luke 22: 19, 20 was Jesus’ way of teaching his apostles what they must do to be his true followers. Jesus specifically said, “Do this in remembrance of me,” after he had broken and [...]
We read in Genesis 3 that there was a real serpent, and it received a real physical curse to crawl on its belly and eat dust for the duration of its life (Genesis 3:14). But Satan is not a physical being. He can, however, operate in [...]
(All scriptures are quoted from the New International Version.) In the New Testament we find no mention of "collecting firstfruits" from believers. The word "firstfruits," when used, is as a picture of Christ or His church; e.g., I Corinthians 15:20,23 and II Thessalonians 2:13. [...]
The texts in question are found in 1 Corinthians 14. Let us look fully at the context of chapter 14 to clearly understand the Apostle’s instructions to us. Verse one is simply stated; pursue love first, then as regarding spiritual gifts, prophesying (“speaking under [...]
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that who so ever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.” This is a beautiful, amazing scripture. Let’s look at its individual parts. “For GOD so LOVED the [...]
