The most important aspect of the Understood series will be brought fourth in this and the following segment which will enable readers to fully understand the Lord’s message to the church at Rome anciently, and to us today. PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROME CHURCH CONCERNS JUSTIFICATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE LIFE OF THE SALVATION […]

As the Apostle Peter so correctly stated, the Apostle Paul’s upper class eloquence makes it easy for “unlearned and unstable” men to “twist” his words so as to create new “truths” which make church doctrine much more man-serving and less God-serving in nature. By keeping the church masses in the dark concerning the Lord’s “fine […]

In his epistle to those who were “sanctified (set aside for holy use) by God the Father and preserved in Christ Jesus,” the Apostle Jude expresses his concern for them and urges them to “contend earnestly for THE (ONE AND ONLY) FAITH that had been delivered to them. Nothing has changed. Jude is warning God’s […]

Those words written by Paul’s ministerial partner in Second Peter 3:16 could not be more correct. I once became so angry trying to make sense out of Paul’s letter to the Romans that I ripped my Bible to pieces and threw it away. My incredibly patient God in heaven, knowing how determined I was to […]

The Lord promises peace to those who obey Him regardless of the situation in which they might find themselves. God’s peace is the result of the believer’s being justified (had all past sins forgiven) and converted (a total reversal of life’s “walk”–words, thoughts and acts). This requires a total yielding of oneself to the Almighty. […]

In Jeremiah chapters 6,7,8 the Almighty is speaking through the prophet about the two tribes of Israel known as His chosen people who continued to live in the Promised Land. The ten northern tribes having already been defeated, enslaved and scattered throughout the earth because of their sins, Jeremiah is warning the two southern tribes […]

In the series titled The Lion Has Roared and The “Voices” of God, Key words–Lion and Voices respectively, I point out Scripturally that there is a cause and effect relationship between man’s DEEDS–his actions, words, thoughts–and how the Almighty deals with him–either positively or negatively. In the Holy Bible we are told directly by command […]

From part one we learned, or were reminded, that man’s passing judgment on His Creator has a long history dating back to the Garden of Eden. Let us mentally become Adam or Eve for a few minutes. Imagine conversing with the Creator of the Universe face-to-face, knowing that you exist only because He created you, […]

In Romans 3:1-4 we find the Apostle Paul warning those in the Rome church about rejecting the “oracles of God”–His Holy Scriptures which, along with the writings of the New Testament apostles, form the foundation upon which the church has stood for over 2000 years (Eph. 2:20). Paul verbally carries the Jews in the church […]

In verse 7 of the focal chapter of John’s Gospel we find Jesus equating His Words with Himself. That the Lord considers Himself and His Words as of equal importance is a vital Truth that we must understand and honor in order to qualify for eternal life at the end of this world. Notice that […]