The Sermon on the Mount exposing Israel’s vain religious system The four aspects of Zechariah’s instruction to “ behold” their Messiah. Zechariah3:8 my servant the BRANCH = Mark Zechariah 6:12Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; = Luke Zechariah 9:9 behold, thy King = Matthew Zechariah 13:7 against my shepherd,and against the man that... Continue Reading →
Are You Being Saved?
"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, {4} Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:" (Gal 1:3-4)Believers often are myopic in their view of the redemptive work of... Continue Reading →
Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord
We all experience hardness. As Christians with exercising ourselves unto godliness it is even harder. Paul exhorts Timothy to "endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Tim. 2:3-4). Our tendency is to exalt our hardness making it a mountaintop no one else has tackled. Instead of allowing others to bear your burden... Continue Reading →
But Put Ye On The Lord Jesus Christ” Our Armor!
Rom 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.Rom 13:14... Continue Reading →
God’s Riches | Redemption their Depth, Adoption their Height
Redemption is the transaction of the riches of God’s grace imputed to the bondage and ransom you are naturally under, so you may receive the adoptions of sons and all the spiritual blessings thereof. Redemption is the depth of God’s love, the depth of His grace whereas adoption is the height. Redemption is God’s means... Continue Reading →
Be Not “Beguiled” With The Enticing Words Of Man
Col 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; Col 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of... Continue Reading →
Approved of God
It is tragic that many believers are driven by the same mindset of the unconverted – they think they can earn God’s acceptance through their works. While many understand that it is “not through works we have done” in regards to positional righteousness, they still believe that their works will impress God in place of... Continue Reading →
Your Spiritual Life is Like a Racetrack
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” (1 Cor. 9:24) Just imagine your spiritual life is like a racetrack set before you. A straight road as far as the eye can see. And this is the only road you... Continue Reading →
The Judgment Seat Of Christ Q&A’s
Rom 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.Question: There are some in the Body of Christ who say that the Judgment Seat of Christ does not pertain to us in this dispensation of grace... Continue Reading →
The Amazing Body
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made... Continue Reading →
Elect of God & Predestination
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 3:14 And above all these things put on... Continue Reading →
“Let This Mind Be In You Which Was Also In Christ Jesus”
Phil.2:2] Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.[3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.[4] Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things... Continue Reading →
Ye Have the Poor With You Always
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. - Mark 14:6-7 KJV One of the biggest trends happening in the church is... Continue Reading →
“All Things” Work Together for Good
Questioning GodRomans 8:28 ( KJV ) 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.Often believers think themselves to be at odds with God because of difficult circumstances in their lives. They experience feelings of abandonment and question God’s... Continue Reading →
The Tomb 3 Days Later
So far every Tuesday, we’ve taken the four Gospel accounts and combined them into a single narrative to cover the Lord’s tempting in the wilderness, His Agony in the Garden, His arrest and trial, and His crucifixion. Today, we’re going to look at the resurrection of Christ, specifically the events at the tomb, which is... Continue Reading →
How Does The Spirit “Helpeth Our Infirmities?”
Rom.8:26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.[27] And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints... Continue Reading →
People Are People
One of the realities that is often so hard for people to fathom is that each and every person in the world is, in fact, an individual. Individual habits, individual appearances, individual diets, even individual preferences of clothing and automobiles. There are no two people alike - even identical twins! There is no single cure-all... Continue Reading →
Adoption | The Height of The Father’s Love and Grace
The further revelation of our predestination unto the adoption of children in Ephesians 1 gives us access to the glory of what God counseled and purposed in Christ before the world began. God’s predestination is the ordaining of what He will work all things after. As He began to work all things after that counsel,... Continue Reading →
The Passion
“To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not... Continue Reading →
What Is “The Fruit Of The Spirit” And It’s Benefits?
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in... Continue Reading →
