Part 1 / Lesson 5 – Saved, Now What? Living “SAVED” is much more than simply an adherence to a theological word or a man-made doctrine; it is the very essence of the Christian walk. Biblical salvation is a change by which the recipient’s old nature of Adam is replaced by the new nature of Jesus […]
JESUS’ BODY WILL DO GREATER THINGS Remember, Jesus didn’t come to make converts but ambassadors. He didn’t desire a Church of immature individuals, but rather a Church of matured saints, unified into one body, thinking and ministering with one mind and one accord those things that come from the body’s one head—Jesus. The statement in […]
A COMMAND FOR PERFECTION One of the factors that determine whether a minister succeeds or fails in reaching men is in how well they comply with the Great Commission found in Matthew 28. Matthew 28:19-20 (19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, […]
HOW DO YOU SPELL CHURCH? This may come as a shock to some, but Jesus did not come to fill buildings; He came to change men. A religious spirit causes a person to complain they have yet to find the perfect church. Their “church” is spelled with a lowercase “c,” and refers to a building […]
RELATIONSHIP AND NOT RELIGION I’ve heard it said religion is man’s approach to God, and a relationship is God’s approach to man. I must agree. The Encarta Dictionary defines “religion as: (PLEASE NOTE: any Bolds, UPPERCASES, Underlines, or [bracketed area comments] are added by me.) “(1) people’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in […]
Nowhere else does Jesus react more fervently than when He goes to Jerusalem to observe Passover during His first and last year of ministry. John’s account of Jesus’ first cleansing of the Temple (See John 2:13-21) is not unlike those in Matthew 21, Mark 11, and Luke 19, which describe the same sort of event […]
Lessons 4A, 4B, & 4C GROW Part 2 / Lesson 4A – SAINTS AND SIN Audio: 4A Let’s begin this lesson by defining some of what we will talk about in this fourth lesson. These include: Sin: biblically it means “an offense” (see Strong’s H2403 and G266). The Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary says […]
Audio: 3A & 3B GROW Part 2 / Lesson 3A & 3B – SAINTS The New Covenant gospel transforms sinners into what the Bible calls “saints.” This process is often called “sanctification.” Webster’s 1888 Dictionary defines sanctification as follows: SANCTIFICA’TION, n. [See Sanctify.] The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the […]
Audio: GROW Part 2 / Lesson 2 – SINNERS Are babies guilty of sin from birth? While in the womb, are they already guilty of sins that would cause them to suffer the wrath of God’s justice? Are people by proxy the inheritors of sins committed by Adam and Eve? Should a person be […]
Audio: 1A & 1B Part 2 / Lesson 1A & 1B – SIN Answer these questions: Are you a Born Again in Jesus’ name member of the kingdom of God? Are you a “sinner that is saved by God’s grace”? Those who answered, “yes” to both of these questions will find in this second series […]
