Experiencing God’s Love: What It Means to Know Him Personally
Having the Spirit of Christ is a requisite to experiencing God’s love.
“You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ” (Romans […]
God Sees Everything: Living with Purpose in His Presence
God sees everything: what is behind and what is ahead, all the threats, all the dangers.
“What Hitler did not believe and what Stalin did not believe and what Mao did not believe and what the SS did not believe and what the Gestapo did not believe and what the NKVD did not believe and what […]
Coming to Jesus: Don’t Wait to Give Him Your Heart
In like manner you are a sinner. You cannot atone for your past sins; you cannot change your heart and make yourself holy. But God promises to do all this for you through Christ. You believe that promise. You confess your sins and give yourself to God. You come to Jesus. You will to serve Him. Just […]
Walking by Faith: Living Daily by the Spirit’s Power
When we are walking by faith, the Holy Spirit who lives in us will produce in our lives the works of Christ, works of faith. Works of faith always have their origin in the Holy Spirit. Faith says “I am making myself available to you Lord Jesus because there is nothing good in me.”
“Works of faith” are the […]
Laodicea: Accepting Christ’s Evaluation and Call to Change
In Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underived.
When Christ calls Himself the beginning of the creation of God, He isn’t saying that He was the first being God created and that He hadn’t existed before that time. The word “beginning” here simply means the “source” or the “origin: or the “chief cause.” Christ is saying I […]
Ten Virgins: A Warning for Spiritual and Carnal Church Members
What does Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins show us in respect to the signs of Parousia and the spiritual and carnal church members?
All ten were virgins
All had pure biblical beliefs
All had lamps
All have the Bible
All of them went to meet the bridegroom
All of them looked forward to the second coming
All of them went to […]