Over the past 2000 or so years religious man’s attitude toward obedience to the Lord’s Instruction Manual has changed considerably.  For example, the opinions of Bible owners concerning the correct day to celebrate God’s weekly Sabbath now range from “There is no certain day to observe the Sabbath” to “The Sabbath must be observed on […]

As previously stated, man’s demand for self-determination, which dates back to the Garden of Eden, has become more and more powerful over time.  The more freedom man has, the more he wants.  God allows man to have what he wants.  Adam and Eve wanted self-governance.  Satan convinced them that they could reject God’s Law, do […]

Both secular and Biblical history reveal that the desire for evolution in all areas of life lies in the very heart of mankind.  God said that the thoughts of man’s heart are “only evil continually” (Gen. 6:5).  “Evil” (sin) is the word God uses to define man’s desire to live apart from His government.  God […]

In 1 John 1:5 and 3:5 we are told that “GOD IS  (only) LIGHT (holiness), and IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS (sin) AT ALL.”  We are told by holy men of old who spoke and wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21) that God’s true saints are spiritually “IN HIM.”  This […]

“Adam’s sin makes holiness on the part of the believer impossible” is put forth as a Bible “truth” by scoffers who reject God’s call to holiness.  Another “truth” concerns God’s definition of sin, which is to break His Ten Commandment Law (1 Jn. 3:4).  We are continuously told that breaking the Law is  impossible because […]

In my series titled: Jesus of Nazareth: God, Man Or God-man? I used the Holy Scriptures to prove that Jesus was a 100% human being, that prior to coming to earth as a man He divested Himself of all His former God characteristics, powers, etc.  When He said, “If you have seen Me you have […]

When the Apostle John wrote that Jesus Christ “has come in the flesh” he was bearing witness that He has come to stay in the true saint in the form of the Holy Spirit.  He was proclaiming that the Lord takes up residence in a believer in order to manifest (reproduce) Himself in the life […]

In 1 John 4:1-3 the apostle tells those whom he has led to Christ that they (we) must “test the spirits” of their (our) spiritual leaders, for not all who claim to be called by God were in fact called by Him.  Not every “call to the ministry” is placed by the Biblical God.  Judging […]

In 2 Peter 3:1,3,4 the apostle writes to “those who have attained like precious faith” (1:1), reminding them that, “in the last days will come scoffers walking according to their own lusts and saying, ‘where is the promise of His (Christ’s) coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from […]

The New Testament was written t0, for and about God’s church, called “the Church of God” 12 times in the New Testament and “the Churches of Christ” once.  The Gospels reveal the history of the Word (Jesus of Nazareth–Jn. 1:1-4,14) as He prepared a small group of men to lead what would become “the Body […]