Browsed by
Category: Jesus/Bible/Teaching

Fruitful Dependency

Fruitful Dependency

Matthew Henry is a personal favorite when doing Bible study on a particular verse of Scripture, and his commentary did not disappoint as I read his insight concerning John 15. Henry encourages fellow believers by saying, “We must be fruitful. From a vine we look for grapes, and from a Christian we look for Christianity… the Christian temper and disposition, A Christian life and conversation. We must honor God and do good, and this is bearing fruit.” When discussing unfruitful…

Read More Read More

Holy Spirit, No Activation Necessary

Holy Spirit, No Activation Necessary

When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men, he does not come on them with great powerful feelings and emotions which cannot be resisted. He does not possess men as evil spirits take possession of their victims…As among all the doctrines of the gospel, there is none opposed with more violence and subtlety than that concerning our regeneration by the immediate, powerful, effectual operation of the Holy Spirit of grace. John Owen I recently…

Read More Read More

The Father, The Son, and The Holy Bible?

The Father, The Son, and The Holy Bible?

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31,32 ESV If you try to run after the Lord without running through the Word, you will find someone else. John Piper I am about eleven years late listening to a message from John Piper titled, If You Abide in My Word, You Are Truly…

Read More Read More

Biblical Deliverance from Extrabiblical Teaching

Biblical Deliverance from Extrabiblical Teaching

Have you ever heard teaching on cleansing your home of demonic items that may be leaving a door open for the devil to wreak havoc in your family and personal life? Currently, there are teachings and books concerning this very belief. Some teach that anytime you enter a hotel room, you need to cleanse the room because of previous evil and sin having taken place before your stay. I not only heard these teachings, but I also believed them and…

Read More Read More

Is New Apostolic Governance a Myth?

Is New Apostolic Governance a Myth?

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Ephesians 2:19-21 ESV Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful…

Read More Read More

Sober Shepherd, Sober Sheep

Sober Shepherd, Sober Sheep

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:13-16 ESV John 10 has been a…

Read More Read More

Charged to Deny His Name

Charged to Deny His Name

So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:18-19 ESV So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever…

Read More Read More

Narcigesis in the Red Sea

Narcigesis in the Red Sea

The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall…

Read More Read More

A Few Choice Words

A Few Choice Words

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19 ESV Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 ESV With the coming of the New Year, there typically comes…

Read More Read More

The Resolution of a Lifetime

The Resolution of a Lifetime

Resolved, to improve every opportunity, when I am in the best and happiest frame of mind, to cast and venture my soul on the Lord Jesus Christ, to trust and confide in him, and consecrate myself wholly to him; that from this I may have assurance of my safety, knowing that I confide in my Redeemer. Jonathan Edwards.  July 8, 1723. Hands down, one of the few resolutions I have completed in the time established happened at the end of…

Read More Read More

Social media & sharing icons powered by UltimatelySocial