Beginning in Matthew 5:1 we find Jesus speaking to His disciples while “great multitudeS” (plural) of people (4:25) listened to what He was saying to them. Think about that for a moment: Jesus is speaking to 12 men gathered around Him. How did the “great multitudes” (plural) hear Him? And did they all speak and […]

In the series titled The Process of Salvation I tell the reader that just about everything he has been told about salvation is either partially or totally wrong, that he is not what he believes himself to be and that he and the non-churched people around him all fall into the same spiritual category which […]

Beginning with Romans 7:5 we will examine the message of the Pharisee named Saul of Tarsus relative to his spiritual journey from being the infamous murderer of Christians to the Apostle Paul who spent much time with the risen Lord learning how to serve him. Paul’s journey from sinner to saint was a difficult one, […]

As promised in part one, we will be looking at the Apostle Paul’s problems which, like everyone else who comes to the Lord, made his initial time with the Lord a “tough row to hoe” as we used to say in cotton country. Having hoed hundreds of cotton rows, some of them pretty tough, I […]

When I was in my preteen years I had a horse–a tall, 2000-pound filly composed of pure muscle. Being small for my age, and not having a saddle, I had to lead her to a gate, climb the gate and, from that perch, jump onto her back. The strange thing about all of that was […]

In Romans 1:18 Paul addresses those–both anciently and today–who know God’s Truth (Word-Jn. 17:17) but suppress it by not doing what the Lord commands us to do. He warns us that the wrath of God will descend from heaven on those who choose to obey Satan instead of their Creator. Paul points out that failing […]

The Apostle Paul received His Gospel directly from Jesus Christ through revelation (Gal. 1:12). Because of his direct, face-to-face contact with the risen Lord (1 Cor. 9:1), God used him to write much of the New Testament (Covenant). One of the subjects Paul wrote about concerned counterfeit Jews. As this teaching will reveal, Paul used […]

Many years ago I had the privilege of officiating a baptismal service that took place in the Jordan River. Being in Middle East where sheep were raised for their wool, I had been introduced to the art of wool dying before this event so the message practically spoke itself. The Word “baptize” is taken from […]

In Romans 1:12-14 the Apostle Paul states that he had for some time desired to visit the Rome church where he knew that there were some who shared THE FAITH with him. He states that he wanted to do so in the hope that he could “have some fruit” among others in the church. By […]

When the word “THE” is used in the Holy Scriptures it means “THE ONLY.” Otherwise the word “A” would have been used instead. This Biblical Truth is made clear in the letter the Apostle Paul wrote to SOME of the people in the church at Rome. In fact, what He wrote, though it should have […]