(Audio File) The Bible is filled with many wonderful things, but of all found there, nothing compares to the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Yet, when I teach about this salvation plan explained in Acts 2:38 necessitates repentance, baptism in Jesus’ name, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost, I am often asked if that applies […]
GROW Part 1 / Lesson 4 – BORN AGAIN BY FAITH 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed […]
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 […]
Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. This ‘east to west’ reference is more than a map coordinate, for within this statement is a glorious promise that Jesus was to fulfill for you and for me. Why “east to west”? To guard against […]
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? (22) Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Why “seventy times seven”? Are we to believe we should forgive every […]
The Bible does not say Peter’s “thousand years” statement is about a timetable foretelling the years found in a dispensation of time. In context his statement is clearly speaking of the limited time span of a man’s life, and reminding them that though they may think they have an eternity, because they are finite, they […]
How to Enter the Promised Land The Jews of Jesus’ day looked for Him to usher in a natural kingdom in a natural land. If Jesus had wanted such a kingdom, He had the opportunity and refused it (see John 6:15). Neither Jesus nor His Apostles concerned themselves with the physical borders of the “Promised […]
Jesus Is the True Seed of Promise The ministry of Jesus followed a wilderness journey. His forerunner was John the Baptist. John proclaimed that the Kingdom of God was near, and that a path for its coming Messiah should be prepared in the wilderness (see Isa 40:3; Mat 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luk 3:4-5). John also […]
The Other Side of the Wilderness Journey It seems the promises of God are always fulfilled on the other side of a wilderness. Biblically, the wilderness is a place where one is both tested and matured. These are necessary to ready a person to enter into that which God has called him. Abraham had his […]
Making Wrongs Right Through Repentance Due to the sins of their people, both Daniel and Nehemiah found themselves in exile from the Promised Land. While there, they exemplified the need for individual and corporate repentance. They did this because they knew what was required of God before their people could return back to the land. […]
