The Apostle Paul reminds us that “All HAVE sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23).  I again emphasize that this Truth was written in PAST tense–“we HAVE sinned.”  This important fact must be factored in when determining how true Christians live their lives in these latter days.  Paul goes on to […]

A PENITENT is one who is sorry.  To be penitent is to be sorry for doing what one should have not done.  It is from that word that we get the word “REPENT,” from whence comes the word “PENANCE” from whence comes the word “REPENTANCE.”  Repentance in the social/ legal sense means to feel a […]

The first ministerial word spoken by Jesus of Nazareth was “REPENT.”  Notice what was written about Him leading up to His first ministerial pronouncement: “The people who lived in darkness saw great light; and to those living under the shadow of death, light had arrived.  At that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘REPENT, […]

As stated previously, the Old Covenant had an inbred, continuous problem–a “fault” that had to be addressed and eradicated.  As Hebrews 8:7,8 notes, the fault was not found in the Law, but in God’s chosen people themselves.  The Law he designed for them was perfect.  The problem had come about when they exercised their power […]

Ancient Israel had failed to fulfill her commission to be God’s light to the Gentile world.  With the exception of the Jews, the descendants of Abraham had become spiritual Gentiles by embracing their gods, their languages, their social customs, etc.  So Gentilized had they become that they believed themselves to be Gentiles.  The time had […]

Let us pick up the Biblical narrative in Genesis 28:13,14 where we are told that God has chosen the descendants of Jacob, whose name God had changed to “Israel,” meaning “power with God,” to be his chosen people among all of the people of the earth.  We find God speaking to him: “I am the […]

The word “continuum” denotes the seamless continuation of one entity into the following entity just as one day evolves into the next day without a hitch.  In the Biblical sense the word describes the continuous historical flow from Malachi to Matthew where there should be no division.  Matthew is simply the continuation of Malachi.  Simply […]

Within the Institutional (Catholic/Protestant) Church System, what separates sheep from goats? wheat from tares? good fish from bad fish? good fruit trees from bad fruit trees, etc?  Put another way, what separates spiritual Israelites (true converts) from spiritual Gentiles (false converts)?  The answer is OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S LAW.  Though this Truth is made abundantly clear […]

“I came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.”  So said Jesus of Nazareth.  This is a Truth believed by only a minutely few of those who claim Him as their Savior.  In fact, the church masses claim that He lied when making that statement found in Matthew 15:24, just as He […]

I have a few questions relative to the title of this series.  But first, a quote from Jesus Christ concerning His dealing those within professing Christendom on Judgment Day.  In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus said: “Not every one who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven (God’s true church during this age); […]