Who determines the outcomes of political elections?  In free nations where people are allowed to vote, consensus holds that the citizens of those nations determine who will lead them for the next several years.  Is this true?  In the Holy Bible we are told that the answer is both yes and no.  In one sense […]

Prior to the Word’s coming to earth as Jesus of Nazareth (Jn. 1:1-4,14) His prophets wrote about His unusual, uniquely special, obedient people who were His spiritual lights who proclaimed and obeyed His Law the midst of the religious darkness in which their Israelite brethren and their Gentile neighbors lived.  One of His saints’ identifying […]

The word “peculiar” is normally used to describe an entity that does not fit into the mold ascribed to it by the society in which it exists.  Though the word can be used in both a positive and a negative sense, it is normally used in a derogatory manner.  Beginning early in life we human […]

In the Book of Genesis, chapter 11 we find a story that every Sunday School child knows by heart.  It involves the entire population of the world that has gathered on the plains of Shinar, an area today occupied by the nation known as Iraq.  Initially God had created three races of people from Noah’s […]

In the spiritual sense, to resurrect means to bring back to life.  To resurrect a human being means that he/she was once alive, then died, and now has been brought back to his/her former living status.  Beginning with Adam and Eve, man has been fascinated with the subject of death and the possibility of life […]

Iniquity is defined in the Greek language as “LAWLESSNESS.”  Jesus warned that He would reject “workers of iniquity” on the Day of Judgment.  These will be church people who, during their time on earth, had refused to obey His Law (Mat. 7:23).  In Matthew 24:12 He equates iniquity/Lawlessness with a lack of love for His […]

In the Garden of Eden were trees of every kind that produced fruit of every kind, all of which were available to Adam and Eve as sources of food.  Two particular trees were placed in the center of the garden so that no matter which way they walked they would encounter both trees.  One of […]

Series focal passage: 1 Corinthians chapter 2.  The Apostle Paul is writing to the church at Corinth about God’s mysterious wisdom and the fact that true saints are given access to that wisdom and are allowed to share in the glory that results from believing and obeying It.  Man must have unquestioning faith in order […]

In the second chapter of the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth he makes several incredible statements.  In verse 6 he writes that he and his fellow apostles spoke and wrote only what those who were perfect (mature) could understand and believe.  He also pointed out that what they proclaimed was contrary […]

In the previous posting we were introduced to the concept of Biblical mysteries, of which there are several which we will be examining individually over the coming days.  In the New Testament the word “mystery” (plural-“mystereon”) is used 27 times.  The serious student of the Holy Bible learns early on that God and His Son […]