From day one of the history of the New Testament Church God’s weekly Sabbath (Isa. 58:13) was observed on the seventh day of the week for the next 294 years. Then, in 325 A.D., Roman Emperor Constantine, at the Council of Nicene, changed the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the […]
The Love-Sin Connection (Pt. 3)
Simply put, God is love (1 Jn. 4:8). The Law is God’s love letter to His most prized creation–mankind. In His Law the Lord reveals to man how to spend eternity with man’s loving Creator. Sin is the transgression of God’s Law. Wrath is God’s response to the sinner’s negative attitude, words and actions relative […]
The Love-Sin Connection (Pt. 2)
We are all well-versed in the subject of love which, unfortunately, mostly involves man’s love of self, which is in reality IDOLATRY, which God condemns in the first commandment. Man’s obsession with pleasing himself is expressed in a variety of ways. God uses one word to describe all of those ways–SIN. Therefore it is important […]
The Love-Sin Connection (Pt. 1)
In First John 4:16 we are told that “God is love.” “Then why does He allow so much suffering to go on in the world?” is often the response to that statement. Why indeed? Before we get into that let us examine the “God is love” thesis. Looking around the world we find poverty, crime, […]
Bad Versus Evil (Pt. 5)
That Satan controls the vast majority of church people is proven by the Lord in His Holy Word. Further proof of that Biblical fact is proclaimed by both church and secular history, as well as by current events as, day after day, the world, specifically the so-called “Christian world,” decays before our eyes. How can […]
Bad Versus Evil (Pt. 4)
As noted in earlier postings, “evil” describes those who know the Truth but refuse to obey it. Jesus said that God’s Word is Truth (Jn. 17:17). Those who own the Truth (a Bible) but refuse to obey it are evil, as are those who, though calling themselves God’s people, refuse to hear His messengers who […]
Bad Versus Evil (Pt. 3)
“Evil” involves knowing to do right but deliberately doing wrong. “Evil” is deliberate, calculated and personally determined. In the Biblical realm, “evil,” though written about extensively, can be summed up in one passage spoken by the Lord Jesus Himself. In Mark 7:6-9 we find Jesus responding to a group of Pharisees and scribes who are […]
Bad Versus Evil (Pt. 2)
In the series titled Who Are God’s People (key word–People), the Almighty reveals that those whom God calls “My people, who are called by My name” are not all His children, that only a minutely few of the billions of professing believers are in fact disciples of Christ–true “Christians,” meaning “little Christs.” The Holy Scriptures […]
Bad Versus Evil (Pt. 1)
In the Holy Scriptures the Almighty uses the word “bad” 18 times. The word “evil” appears over 600 times. Biblically as well as socially, the word “bad” is used when what is being referred to is an inanimate object. A bad thing doesn’t know bad from good and has no way to change itself. Bad […]
Overcoming: Two Sides Of A Spiritual Coin (Pt. 2)
Scripturally, one either overcomes Satan and obeys God or is overcome by Satan and obeys him. We must learn to view all things in this life through God’s eyes and according to His standards. Unregenerate man views all things through Satan’s eyes, which he believes is his (man’s) own eyes. Unless a man’s mind is […]
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