In Matthew 3:1-3 we find John the Baptist coming on the scene warning the people to “REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.” He went on to tell the people that the Messiah promised by the Prophet Isaiah was on the way so they were to prepare for Him by repenting of sin […]

In Matthew 1:21 it is written that Jesus came to earth “to save His people from their sins.” Two things stand out about that statement: 1) He came to save people FROM–NOT WHILE THEY REMAIN IN–THEIR SINS. 2) Christ’s people are ISRALITES–NOT GENTILES. First we will look at number one. We must distinguish between the […]

God’s Word to salvation seekers in the various religious sects is: LISTEN TO JESUS CHRIST; DO WHAT HE SAYS. DO NOT LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU ABOUT THE SAVIOR BUT REFUSE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS MESSAGE. John 12:48 tells us that WE WILL BE JUDGED BY WHAT HE SAID, NOT BY HIS BIOGRAPHYICAL […]

Jesus went to great lengths to warn His followers, then and now, about the future when His church would be His representative to the Gentile world. He personally established that church (Mat. 16:18), and through His example, His teachings and the teachings of His apostles (anciently and today), He tells salvation seekers what they must […]

In Matthew 24 we find Jesus and His disciples on the Mount of Olives where the Lord is about to answer the most important question ever asked of Him: WHEN THE END OF THE WORLD WOULD COME WHICH, INVOLVED THE TIME OF HIS RETURN AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SIGN THAT HIS RETURN WAS FORTHCOMING. Though […]

Because this ministry is directed to professing Christendom, I am continually writing to church parishioners on a personal, intimate level where decisions being made have both present and future life- and-death significance. This series is extremely personal and important, especially now at the end of the age when Satan’s efforts to deceive the Lord’s remnant […]

In verse three Isaiah hears God addressing him as if he (Isaiah) was the nation of Israel relative to the job God had created her ((Israel) to do–to be a light to the Gentiles throughout the world (Isa. 42:6; 60:3 Anyone not an Israelite is a Gentile (Heb.–goi–heathen). God chose the descendants of Abraham to […]

In this segment we will begin to examine Isaiah 49:1-6 on a line-by-line basis and apply it to those few to whom it applies. These are God’s true ministerial servants who minister HIS DIVINE WORDS which He speaks through them (His messengers) by way of His Holy Spirit. The Spirit lives within the heart (mind) […]

It is my nature not to take anything for granted, including my place in God’s family and as a part of ,His ministry. Because of this I have made it a policy to conduct periodic self-evaluations to make sure that I am being what He has called me to be and am doing what He […]

In the previous series we learned that THE MESSAGE the apostles spoke to and recorded for the early church concerning the Lord was that IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. In this teaching we will finish the message by revealing what God, through the Apostle Peter, says about what to do with that message. […]