Before deciding to obey God’s command to work out one’s own salvation one needs to examine the lives of people before and after they came in contact with Jesus of Nazareth.  Before being called to serve their God, the Old Testament prophets were herdsmen, fruit pickers, farmers, etc. living conventional lives at peace with their […]

We who have been in Catholicism/Protestantism any length of time have been assured many times that those in “THE” church who have died are now in heaven and that those who will die in the future will immediately join them.  If it is God’s will for those in the church to be with Him in […]

In the Apostle Paul’s letter to God’s church at Philippi he delivers a message from the Lord that Satan has used with ultimate success to move salvation seekers off of God’s track and onto his: “Wherefore my beloved, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED (God’s Word), not only in my presence, but much more in my […]

The Apostle Peter noted to the churches that the Apostle Paul had written his epistles to them “according to the wisdom given to him” by the Lord.  Peter admitted that some of the things Paul wrote are “hard to be understood.”  He added that because of this, “they that are unlearned and unstable twist, as […]

I recently heard a world-renowned Bible teacher declare with heightened exuberance that the world’s church systems were beginning to “come together” in their “fight for right.”  For those who are part of the world’s church system his words made for a good sound-byte.  After all, togetherness and rightness are always good goals to work toward.  […]

Before launching into this posting I want the reader to understand that everything we see happening in a few churches at this time will be happening in every church in the near future.  Do not say, “Not my church.”  Many people have had to eat those words over the past several years.  The Political (Religious) […]

Through the Prophet Amos God issued a decree that, because of her lawlessness (iniquity) both ancient Israel and modern Israel (U.S., Britain and the Jewish nation) will suffer His wrath.  One of the punishments He will inflict on those nations is detailed in Amos 8:11,12: “‘Behold, the days come,’” says the Lord God, “‘when I […]

A famine exists when food is not merely scarce, it is unavailable.  In the Book named for the Prophet Amos God speaks in the first person, stating repeatedly, “I will ….”  In this way He is letting the reader know that what would take place in Israel’s future would be of His doing, and that […]

One of the most misquoted, misunderstood and misapplied statements written in the Holy Scriptures is found in the seventh chapter of Matthew’s gospel.  Here we find Jesus delivering the Sermon on the Mount.  Beginning in chapter 5 He lays out God’s will and commands for those who would spend eternity with Him.  The Words in […]

In Isaiah 10:6 God is addressing the tribes of Israel then living in the Holy Land.  What He says to them through the Prophet Isaiah reveals His flaming anger toward them because they have rebelled against Him.  His outburst against the Israelites of that day was uttered as a warning not only to the Israelites […]