Text – Acts 10:1-6It will be nice to conclude my series on ‘our common salvation’ by highlighting several behaviors often confused for a state of being born-again.Cornelius, the Roman Centurion provides a classic case study.In the text above, Luke the author of the book of Acts describes certain behaviors (attributes) of the man, most of […]
Continue ReadingUNDERSTANDING ETERNAL SECURITY
TEXT: Jude 1:3“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. WHAT IS SALVATION?Are believers saved forever?Jude, (the earthly half-brother of Jesus Christ) […]
Continue Reading8 Signs that a Church Doesn’t Get Grace
A while ago I listed eight signs of hyper-grace churches. A hyper-grace church is one that is so focused on Jesus that it begins to look like Jesus, talk like Jesus, and smell like Jesus.To highlight a positive it helps to accentuate the negative. So how do we get it wrong? What are the signs […]
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1 Tim 4:7 “But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness”. Godliness is simply defined as God-consciouness in man. For the New Creature in Christ Jesus, it goes further than that. Godliness is a revelation of His presence. The Believer hath become one with God at ‘New birth’, and consciousness […]
Continue ReadingSELF-SUFFICIENCY – When natural abilities become liabilities.
Text: Phil.3:3-16 We have all learned to rely on own strategies for getting our needs met. We have all learned how to handle life’s circumstances by what we do ourselves. The Bible calls this mechanism for servicing our own needs THE FLESH. Every person has developed his flesh-life in order to get what he wants […]
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Romans 3:19-20 ERV “What the law says is for those who are under the law. It stops anyone from making excuses. And it brings the whole world under God’s judgment, because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin”. ‘Legalism’ is a term coined […]
Continue ReadingONLY A MAN’S BLOOD
Heb. 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. The life of every living thing is in it’s blood. Adam, the first man became a living soul when he sinned, and consequently, his flesh and blood got contaminated with a virus named “death”. […]
Continue ReadingFEAST OF THE SPIRIT
John 7:37-39 “The last day of the festival came. It was the most important day. On that day Jesus stood up and said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty may come to me and drink”. Here we see the Lord extending an open and eternal invitation to all mankind. Men are naturally hard-wired to forget two basic […]
Continue ReadingCHRIST – THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP
John 10:7-9 “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall […]
Continue ReadingTHE PRESENT TRUTH
2 Peter 1:12 “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth”. In this series we shall be looking at the admonitions of Apostle Peter in his second letter to the Jewish church scattered abroad. He too was […]
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