Does the law of sowing and reaping (Galatians 6:7) include money? If I sow money, will I receive it?
Galatians 6:7-8 read, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life."The Apostle Paul is giving [...]
How can I pick up my cross daily to follow Jesus?
The bearing of the cross is the way of growth in character and experience for the consecrated child of God. When we have trials that interfere with our human desires and appetites, then we know we are His disciples. We are to consider trials “light affliction, … working for us a far more exceeding and [...]
How can a Christian be in the world but not of the world?
"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. [...]
Who are the five virgins, who had no oil in their lamps, in Matthew 25:3?
In the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins there are ten virgins. Five were wise and Five were foolish. To identify the two classes of virgins, you have to go to the book of Revelation. Revelation 7:4,9,14-15, “…I heard the number…sealed…144,000…and I saw a great multitude which no man could number…These are they which [...]
Are we destined by God to be what He wanted us to be in this world?
What God wants us to be in this world is loving, merciful, compassionate, obedient, and righteous people (Micah 6:8). He has given us free will to make our choices and that is His design. Genesis 1 & 2 record how God created mankind as well as all life on earth. God told Adam to name [...]
Purgatory proper is not in the Bible, but is the concept?
Since Purgatory is only taught in Roman Catholic doctrine, that will be the source to define the concept. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches “All who die in God's grace, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary [...]