Ask the top 100 Christian leaders on earth today the questions found in the title of this series and one will hear a number of answers, not one of which will be God’s answer. Warning to church people (which is the sole purpose for which God called this ministry into being): FAITH IS NOT WHAT […]

Before ending this series by comparing ancient Israel–the “church in the (physical) wilderness” of Sinai (Acts 7:38)–to modern Israel–the church in the spiritual wilderness created by the white horse rider (Rev. 6:2)–let us briefly summarize the previous six postings. After 40 years of desert wanderings the children of Israel have been led by Moses to […]

What was the primary problem with the Israelites of old? Moses tells us: they “… did not believe the Lord.” Nothing has changed. Let us be reminded of the actions of the One in Whom the “church in the (physical) wilderness” (Acts 7:38) then and the church in the spiritual wilderness today had/have no confidence. […]

Israelite Homecoming II is about to begin. Second generation Israel is about to enter the land the Lord had promised to their ancestors who had failed Him and therefore had been denied entrance. But before the second generation of claimants would be allowed to cross the Jordan River, Moses would take the time to remind […]

“Teaching Moments” is a modern term used to describe a situation in which the activities of one group or individual serve as a learning experience for another group or individual. Our spiritual and biological ancestors’ sins and the Lord’s reaction to those sins present prime teaching moments for both modern day Catholicism/Protestantism and His church, […]

The Almighty stresses the importance of the Old Testament through the Apostle Paul’s epistle to the church in Ephesus (2:20) and in his second letter to Timothy the evangelist (3:14-16). Paul told the people of Ephesus that the New Testament Church was founded on the teachings of both the PROPHETS and the APOSTLES. The foundation […]

In Romans 8:5-8 the Apostle Paul explains the difference between those who are led by the Holy Spirit and are therefore sons of God (Rom. 8:14) and those who are led by the flesh and are therefore sons of Satan. “Those who live according to the flesh (world) focus their minds on the things of […]

“That’s just that old Jewish stuff” I’ve been told, as have others who know that there should not be a break between the Old and New Testaments, both of which were written by “holy men of God (who) spoke as they were move by the Holy Spirit” (2 Pet. 1:21). What most church people do […]

“I love the Lord” is a common mantra spoken by those who frequent the world’s churches. A state governor, when asked how his spiritual life was going replied, “I know Jesus Christ.” As an age-old saying goes, “Talk is cheap.” We all talk a good talk. The question is, do we walk what we talk? […]

“I know I’m saved” is the normal response from church people when defending their religious practices and beliefs. The “proof” of their salvation is normally that they have taken Jesus as their personal savior, joined the church and been baptized. All of which means nothing to the Lord. Two factors are commanded in order to […]