Without that God supernaturally intervenes, we cannot escape the fundamental consequences of sin. Neither can we, without that God supernaturally intercedes, turn around the life that is dominated by sin. Yet more often than not, the works of God operate within the natural laws of creation.
Continue reading →Christians are authorized as the sons of God. We bear within us the living testimony of Christ, the living God. As such, we are to permit Him to live His divine life within us. Thus we share in His glory. Thus we reflect His Holy Person.
Continue reading →Disciples That Seek Revenge Against Samaritans Get Rebuked
And now, with His face set to go to Jerusalem, they would have been excited, perhaps even boastful.
To them, the time of victory was near.
But sometimes our resistance to the Spirit revolves around not around positive or negative sins, but rather it involves quenching the Spirit through legalist activities. In grieving the Spirit, we act against His holiness and His will. In quenching the Spirit, we refuse to act according to His holiness and His will. Worse, we sometimes seek to prevent others from acting according to the Spirit’s perfect holiness and will.
Continue reading →The Joy of Salvation Exceeds The Common Understanding Of The Unredeemed Soul
As an automated response, most Christians will declare that there can be no happiness within this world without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They are quick to proclaim that Jesus Christ is the only means that a living person can have peace of mind. Joy within this troubled world, they say, cannot exist without Jesus.
They are wrong.
Continue reading →Prayers That Are Spoken From a Sincere Heart Will Be Supernaturally Moved To Meet God’s Will
There are times when our wants directly conflict with God’s plans.
The Lord gave us the gift of pain that we might know and stay away from those things that do us harm.
Scripture says that we do not know for what we should pray.
Does God Condemn The Consumption of Alcohol?
This article makes no effort to establish laws on the matter of drinking alcoholic beverages. Men must work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. I am neither judge nor master.
One cannot exist and function in a world that is based upon knowledge alone.
Christian faith and wisdom is based upon knowledge.
The knowledge of Jesus Christ is true knowledge.
Christian Principles – Live Long by Living Near to the God of Love
In Psalm 91, the Holy Spirit inspired author writes of a secret place wherein men may dwell beneath the shadow of God.
To stand in this shadow, one must be very, very close to the solid