In His Holy Bible the Lord uses some derivation of the word “fool” (fools, foolish, foolishly, foolishness, etc.) over 250 times. In this posting we will examine some of the Lord’s usage of the word by searching for more depth than can be gleaned by a cursory reading of the passage. It is important that […]

“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Ps. 14:1; 53:1). In the Hebrew language the word “fool” is “nabal,” which means to lack understanding, to be insolent, proud and disobedient toward God, to be a vile person. In other words, to be one of those people who do not agree with […]

He had only one job: TO OBEY GOD. Adam was created in the image and likeness of God, meaning that he was perfect from a physical standpoint after receiving the breath of life and becoming a living soul. Adam was in the physical mold of the spirit God. However, the resemblance ended there. God’s mind […]

Beginning in the Garden of Eden, human beings have been given two choices relative to how they live their lives. From food choices to god choices, man is a decision-making entity whose will determines which choices he makes. Some things we do lead to life; some lead to death. What jacket one wears today is […]

In Matthew 6:33 we find the Lord Jesus giving us a command that constitutes the first step on the road to eternal life. Here He tells us to SEEK, when to seek and what to seek: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness ….” He goes on to promise that if we will […]

Webster’s Concise Dictionary of the English Language describes “seeking” by using such synonyms as searching, striving, trying, endeavoring, inquiring and requesting. “Loving” is associated with such words as affection, devotion, passion and enamored. A “loving marriage” is one in which each spouse strives to please the other in every way possible. In His Holy Bible, […]

A revealing passage of Scripture relative to the production and accumulation of both negative and positive “receipts” (proofs of obedience or disobedience) is found in the Old Testament where God is speaking to His chosen people–the House of Israel–concerning His dealings with them in the future. In this instance He is speaking to King Solomon […]

Disciple: One whose life reflects that of another. Spiritual discipleship involves patterning one’s life after one of two spiritual deities: the Biblical God or the god of this world. Every human being is a disciple of one or the other deity. In the eyes of the Biblical God–the only eyes that count–there is no mixing […]

Baptism by immersion followed by true conversion places one on the path to the Kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit, made available by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the power of God that enables the truly converted Truth seeker to remain on His path in spite of Satan’s relentless attempts to lure […]

Contrary to popular opinion, water baptism does not cleanse one of sin. Nor does it save the soul. Baptism is a physical act of obedience. Emersion in water is SYMBOLIC of a spiritual phenomenon known Biblically as CONVERSION, which is a miraculous, Holy Spirit-performed, all-encompassing transformation that MUST take place in order for the convert […]