What We Truly Are Let’s take a brief look at God and his attributes. The difference between homo-sapien (you and me) and God is night and day. As Creator of all things that exist (i.e. universe, matter, time, etc), God is omnipotent and omniscient. As we ascribe and define God’s attributes, we are not describing His personality nor his looks….
The Eight Covenants of God The New Covenant is the last of the eight great covenants of God in Scripture. Endemic Covenant – Genesis 2:16 – Relationship—Christ is the “second representative man” and the “last man,” with Adam being the first (1 Corinthians 15:45-47). He restores all that was lost by Adam (Colossians 2:10; Hebrews 2:7-9). Adamic Covenant – Genesis…
Grace is Christ, Christ is Grace (Both given freely by God) A contrast of righteousness demanded by God from man, and righteousness given to man from God, by Christ. Man must choose between his own righteousness or receive God’s righteousness through faith and trust in the finished, perfect work of Christ on the cross (Romans 3:21-24; 8:3-4; Galatians 2:16; Philippians…
Points of Light God is light The Holy Spirit is light The Word of God is light The believer is light To walk in fellowship with the Lord is to walk in light. The Word of God is a pillar of fire to light our way—Nehemiah 9:12. God lights our darkness—2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 18:28. By his light I walk—Job…
The Word, the World, and the Believer The purity, humility, and holiness of Christ antagonized the Jewish leaders and brought out their hatred, resentment, and the evil of pride, which, when acted upon, brings about murder and the worst in mankind—we truly are at enmity with God. Christ’s life of self-denial and sinless devotion to the Father was reproof to…
How Do We Know? Morality restricts our choices and morality convicts us. As individual human beings, we basically do not like having to answer to someone—we do not want to acknowledge a superior authority. Every statement of supposed truth requires faith—even the secular views of “make God what you want” and “there is no God,” require faith. Why? Because we…
Atheistic Worldviews and Darwinism To some, Darwinism is morally comfortable because there is no moral accountability, no perceived moral restraints of God. To me, Darwinism provides an intellectually convenient escape from the guilt of immoral behavior and/or rejection of anything or anyone superior to self. Personal desires do not make room for “gods” with differing desires—encroachment by any “god” is…
The Believer and Doubt From man’s viewpoint, God is a friend. From God’s viewpoint, man is cursed, but believers become His born again children, which is much more than simple friendship. Friendship is not an accurate truth of our relationship with God. We are, as believers in Christ, His children. We become spiritual children to a Spiritual Father at the…
God is in Control God directs and controls human history, and He controls each believer’s personal history. Death passed through Christ and Christ passed through death unto life—eternal life. Death has no power; life has no power because everything in life passes through God—what God allows He allows in perfect knowledge. God has a definite predestined plan that cannot fail…
Christian Intellectual Stimulation Lasting Pleasures vs. Temporary Happiness Mankind is in a frantic search for happiness—the pleasures which people seek are physical, and physical pleasures are always short lived, futile, and often have future consequences which are many times more harmful than the enjoyment they brought. Self control and prudence are prerequisites to finding true inner happiness, along with a…
Turn On the Light Moral laws demand respect just as the cross demands faith. Moral laws save society from self destruction. The cross work of Christ saves each believer from God’s wrath. When Christ told his disciples, “you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32), John refers to our intellectual pursuit of truth in…
Israel and the Church Israel (spiritually born-again Jews) and the Church (born-again believers of the Church Age—the body of Christ) are two invisible, spiritual “temples” designed by God in eternity past for worship of God for all eternity-future (Acts 4:10-12; 17:24,25; Matthew 16:18; 1 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 8:1,2,5; Revelation 21:22). These two temples will be complete when all members receive…
It is the power of the Holy Spirit in the believer which empowers and sustains the believer in the devil’s world—the same powerful Holy Spirit that empowered Christ Himself during His earthly ministry (Matthew 4:1; 12:18,25; Luke 4:1,14,15; John 3:34; Romans 1:4; Hebrews 9:14). It is in the power of the Holy Spirit that we learn, then experience, maximum happiness….
Where to Walk, Where to Look We learn to walk with and trust in the Lord by fellowshipping. When we look to the devil’s world for inner happiness, the purpose of our lives slips into the devil’s trap. Fleshly lusts become counterfeits to our love for Christ. Our thinking becomes worldly and lust patterns dominate the soul. “The pleasure we…
Pride Pride is a manifestation of the sin nature, which is full of self and in conflict with God (Proverbs 16:5). A few examples of pride are arrogance, haughtiness, grandeur, pompousness, loftiness, boastfulness, jealousy, and self-righteousness. Satan’s modus operandi of pride resulted in his fall. Thinking independently of God is imposing our will over God’s will, and it resulted in…
You Cannot Lose Your Salvation A Biblical Examination of “Loss of Salvation” and the Doctrine of Eternal Security (This doctrine is critical for the believer to understand. Stay with this study to the end and follow each link provided.) “Nearly all believers’ conception of God’s infinite love is based on their limited concept of human love. God’s love is the…
Right and Wrong Life is far too complicated to navigate by “do” and “don’t.” This is why the 10 Commandments give us guideposts for successfully coping and living together—in other words, our means of survival and perpetuation. If we are expected not to do wrong, then we must know what is right. Since we do not know all that is…
Divine Moral Standards We somehow have an unchanging standard of right and wrong that we all seem to recognize, and that standard of justice is written on our hearts. We cannot know or define evil unless we know what is good, and vice versa. Without a moral law, there is no standard of truth and no unchanging standard of justice….
Wisdom Personified The Bible is the tree of knowledge springing up to everlasting life. To learn, be submissive. A worthy wife is her husband’s joy and crown; an unworthy wife corrodes his strength and tears down everything he does. For the reverence of God is basic to wisdom. Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding. Wisdom is its…
Our Storm, His Path From chaos and calamity. From panic to peace. From a raging storm to candles burning still. Only God can turn raging waves into an altar. God is there.Journey posts dot our way as we walk the path that has been prepared for us. God lets us struggle so that when He comes close, we can see…