The Faithfulness of God

The Faithfulness of God God’s perfect character is His holiness—His absolute integrity. His integrity consists of His perfect righteousness and His perfect justice. Because God is absolute, He is perfectly faithful. Jesus Christ (the Son) satisfied the righteousness and the justice of the Father on the cross. This satisfaction is called “propitiation.” When Jesus died for you, He paid your…

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Grace

Grace Grace Glorifies God We cannot even begin to know our Great God and Savior until we understand grace. The word grace in the Greek is charis. Charis means limitless and/or measureless. Grace is God’s plan for believers before, during, and after salvation, as outlined below: Basically, there are three parts to God’s plan for mankind. Part One: Salvation –…

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Spiritual Insights

Spiritual Insights We develop spiritual discipline by daily study and application of God’s Word. The Bible teaches us God’s viewpoint. God by His Word gives us a piece of His Mind. Scripture is Wisdom and Wisdom is Scripture. We develop the skills for life by practicing wisdom. God’s Wisdom conforms our thinking by giving us spiritual insight. His wisdom instills…

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The Center of Change

The Center of Change Our society is being unwittingly reborn; our culture subtly reshaped; and reality redefined. The scourge of liberalism/progressivism has, like a slow-gathering mist, quietly submerged us in neutrality. Today, there seems to be a vacuum at the center of our hearts where truth was once the cherished possession of our heritage. The center of life must be…

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Revelation and Reason – God Revealed

Revelation and Reason – God Revealed God reveals Himself in many ways, such as His Son, His Holy Spirit, His Word, creation, and recorded history. But, He also proves Himself by the future through prophecy. God’s mighty works and power are everywhere displayed. God is the only accurate prophet. A God that transcends time and space is incomprehensible. But, God…

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Critical, Doctrinal Points of God’s Grace

Critical, Doctrinal Points of God’s Grace Grace defined—(several factors involved): Grace is all that God is free to do for mankind because of Christ—His cross sacrifice. FACTORS: God is free to express His love toward us because of Christ and what Christ accomplished on the cross. The important thing in divine love is character, NOT sentimentality. God loves us because…

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Greed, Depravity, and Judgment

Greed, Depravity, and Judgment Reference verses: Deuteronomy 5:1 through 6:1 After dictating the Ten Commandments, God wrote them in stone. He said nothing else. These laws were given by God Himself. They are an indictment against the obvious traits of human nature. Therefore, all moral conduct and theory hangs on the commandments. Redemption is the only hope for fallen humanity…

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Expressing the Inexpressible

Expressing the Inexpressible How can I express the inexpressible? Perhaps… silence? If I listen to music, music expresses itself. If I watch and listen to creation all around me, creation expresses itself; if I look closely, I see beautiful expressions inexpressible. I perceive that the inexpressible must, by necessity, express itself. We must learn to look and listen to the…

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Cogitation and Meaning

Cogitation and Meaning What is the meaning of words? What is the meaning of meaning Questions search for answers. Answers create more questions. The cycle is endless because knowledge is an endless river flowing from God, the source of all knowledge. A look at the meaning of words requires the study of numerous categories of knowledge. It requires thought. Thought…

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Simplified Grammatical Terms of the Koiné Greek

Simplified Grammatical Terms of the Koiné Greek If you are a serious student of the Word of God, you should be aware of Koiné Greek terms and their usage and significance. Why? Because there are only a handful of churches and clergy who teach from the original languages of Scripture (when in reality, each and every pastor and teacher of…

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Confronting Self and Answering God

Confronting Self and Answering God Each and every person ever born must sooner or later confront the truth of their moral condition. We are the unrighteous at the mercy of a righteous God. God Himself solved our dilemma of unrighteousness by substitutionary atonement—the just for the unjust (Romans 3:26), so His justice is served and our justification is provided for…

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God’s Perfection

God’s Perfection Bible doctrine enters the mind as knowledge. By faith, it is transferred to the believer’s human spirit and becomes wisdom. Wisdom then gives us God’s own divine viewpoint, feeding our spirit and nourishing and refreshing our soul. God’s perspective gives us power and vision to make godly decisions. Through His Holy Word, God’s perfection enters us in this…

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