Satan the devil is the enemy of the Biblical God and His human creations.  Satan is a god of a lesser sort who gained control of the world and the earth by way of spiritual warfare (Gen. 2:1-8).  The Biblical God calls him “the god of this world” who has blinded the eyes of those […]

The term “New wine” as used in the New Testament refers to the Holy Spirit of God.  The “new man” relative to new wine is the truly converted soul who has received the Spirit of God which then lives inside the mind of the convert where it directs his life (“walk”)–his thoughts, words, deeds, attitudes, […]

Contrary to universal church opinion, God does not turn bad into good, sin into righteousness, negative into positive.  As Jesus said, new wine must be contained in new bottles (Mat. 9:17).  In other words, the “old man” of sin cannot contain the “new wine” of God’s holiness.  In ancient times grape juice was kept in […]

In chapter one verse six of the Apostle Peter’s first letter to the Jews he had led to the Lord he encourages them to bear up under the temptations that would continue to come their way.  He knew that taking the easy way out of difficult situations is man’s first reaction to adverse situations.  This […]

The Apostle Peter’s first epistle was written to the “strangers” and “pilgrims” (converted Jews) who had been scattered due to the persecution that had taken place following the establishment of God’s church on the Day of Pentecost 31 A.D. (1:1).  These Jews were called strangers (1:1) and pilgrims (2:11) because they were rejected wherever they […]

How many times have we heard and made reference to “eternal judgment?”  The Apostle Peter speaks to this subject when he notes that: “If a man suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in his trials.  For the time now is when judgment (for a convert) begins […]

Why should God’s people give thanks to Him when things go bad, as they sometimes do in the lives of His saints?  When thinking about trials and tribulations, let us remember a man named Jesus from the city of Nazareth.  Generally speaking, His early years are hidden from us.  In the instances of which we […]

The Lord’s basic spiritual (moral) Law is summarized in the Ten Commandments which He gave to Israel, written in stone, from atop Mt. Sinai (Exo. 20).  Though having the Law in writing was a new phenomenon, the Law itself with its wide-ranging commandments was not new.  Recall that God selected Abraham to be the patriarch […]

Whether it is enforced by secular authorities or by the Lord God Himself, mankind resents governance (external control of individual behavior).  While reading about the many so-called “freedom marches” that have taken place over the past several months I saw a picture of a 20-foot-long, 3-foot-wide sign that read: “WE WILL NOT BE GOVERNED.”  It […]

“Defund the police” has become the anthem of a large part of the American society.  The real meaning, which they will not admit, is to do away with the system of law that governs this society.  The reason I am using modern America as my example is because she leads the world in every category […]