As joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, God’s Very Elect is guaranteed joint-rulership with Him over the entire universe in the eternity to come.  Who are His Very Elect?  They are the few (Mat. 7:13,14; 20:16) who, during their lifetimes, answered His call to live in obedience to His Word from their conversion until the end of […]

Jesus of Nazareth declared to Simon Barjona, whom He nicknamed “petro,” meaning a small pebble, that He, Jesus, would build His church on “this Rock,” (Petra) meaning a mountain.  This mountain, as Daniel explained to King Nebuchadnezzar concerning his vision, would smash to nothingness the world-ruling political/military beast that will be ruling the world in […]

Why did Jesus build a church?  Why was there a need for an ecclesia–a congregation, an assemblage?  If His true saints (holy ones) are each indeed His temple (residence of His Holy Spirit), and if His temples are indeed holy as He declares them to be (1 Cor. 3:16,17/ 2 Cor. 6:16), then why did […]

In the Gospel of John chapter three we find Jesus of Nazareth receiving a man named Nicodemus who had come to Him under cover of darkness.  Neither Nicodemus nor his fellow Pharisees wanted to be seen talking to this miracle worker Who confessed that He performed those miracles by the power of God, the same […]

In verses 7-12 of chapter one of the Apostle Peter’s first letter to the converted Jews living in Asia Minor we find him referring to the end result of their (and our) faith–being granted eternal life with the Father and the Son in the Kingdom of God.  He makes it clear that salvation will “come […]

The first chapter of the Apostle Peter’s first epistle is itself a mini-Bible.  One of the Truths found therein involves the three “births” the salvation seeker must undergo in order to inherit the Lord’s promise of eternal life.  We will study this chapter basically on a verse-by-verse basis with an occasional side-step in order to […]

It is the role of a true Christian to emulate the man known as Jesus of Nazareth.  Jesus cared deeply about government while on earth and still does.  His life and teachings while on earth were all about government.  His Holy Bible is a book about government–His government with the Ten Commandments being the Law […]

Of late the circus that the American political scene has become seems to never leave town.  Politics seems to be always be on people’s minds, always be just a statement away from becoming the subject of discussion, at times ending in a negative outcome.  In the sense that breath is hot, America recently endured yet […]

In Matthew 11:19 Jesus of Nazareth makes a statement that has been believed by billions of people for some 1900 years to mean something that it does not mean.  The theory holds that, because of His positive attitude toward saved sinners, all is well within Christendom.  The fact that people continue to sin is irrelevant.  […]

In John 13:8 the Apostle Peter has told Jesus Christ that He was wrong (again), that He (Jesus) was not going to wash his (Peter’s) feet.  Jesus had to correct His most vocal disciple (again), telling him that if He (Jesus) did not wash him, that he (Peter) would play “no part” in the church […]