In his letter to the church at Philippi the Apostle Paul wrote that he was still growing in the Lord Jesus, striving to become more like Him by becoming more mature (perfect)–3:13-19.  In verse 14 he wrote that he pressed on toward the prize–the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  God had called him […]

In Matthew 6:19-34 Jesus delivers a most important lesson relative to the eyes, the mind and man’s treasure.   The eye,s He explains, are the light of the body (soul) in that they allow into the mind what the mind will retain.  Man “treasures” what enters the mind and pleases him.  What he treasures can either […]

In the Holy Scriptures the Almighty addresses a number of vitally important subjects, the most important of which is the mind of man.  The Scriptures reveal a sharp distinction between the pure mind of Jesus of Nazareth and the impure mind of unconverted man.  In the series titled Jesus of Nazareth: God, Man or God-man? […]

We are told by the man who received the Gospel directly from Jesus Christ that “the wages of sin IS (present tense) death” (Heb. 6:23).  The immediacy of the punishment for sin was first displayed in the Garden of Eden.  In Genesis 2:16,17 God told Adam: “Of every tree of the garden you may freely […]

One of the “truths” professing Christendom has embraced is the “fact” that when Jesus said, “It is finished” He meant that everything that must be done for one to receive salvation had been done, that one need only believe in Christ’s crucifixion and take Him as one’s Savior.  Nothing could be further from Bible Truth.  […]

Previously in this series I mentioned a few examples of how Satan, through his fallen angels called “devils” or “demons,” has gained control over the mental and physical lives of the world’s population beginning in the Garden of Eden.  Adam and Eve’s descendants followed in their spiritual footsteps.  At one point God had to kill […]

Unlike what took place in the Garden of Eden when he was dealing with two people, in the modern world Satan does not work alone.  In fact, as the Holy Scriptures make abundantly clear, he does most of his damage to the human species through his fallen angels known Biblically as “devils,” called “demons” in […]

In His message to the church at Thyatira (Acts 2:18-24) Jesus speaks to the congregation concerning a problem that is causing discord.  The instigator is a woman named Jezebel who is leading some of the people, evidently many of them, to sin.  He evaluates the problem as among the worst possible.  He labels it “the […]

In the Book of Revelation we are told about a new Jerusalem that would replace old Jerusalem which has stood since the days of Abraham and Melchisedec.  That same Jerusalem has passed through alternate stages of holiness and evil, brilliance and depravity over the centuries.  Today her streets are covered with litter and filth.  Feral […]

In order to understand the importance of Jerusalem in the eyes of God we need to understand how the “city of peace” came into being and under whose rule it operated following its founding.  We pick up the story line in Genesis 12.  Here we find that the Lord has instructed Abraham to leave his […]