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John is writing to those that he doesn’t know. He is making known to them that he is an eyewitness of those things done and said by Jesus Christ. Throughout this book, he will repeatedly go back to what Christ said to the disciples and put it in this letter. It is almost as though this letter were sent as a forward…
When you read through I John, you constantly see what seems to be contradictions. He exhorts them not to sin, then says that they cannot sin. He commands them to love their brother, then tells them that those who walk in light (believers that he is writing to) do love their brother. He tells them that they need no man to teach…
Today it would be absurd to think that there is someone alive who had known someone who had known Christ. But when we look at the patriarchs from Genesis 1 to Genesis 11, this could type of thing could have been possible even until Jacob was a small child. Shem, the son of Noah, lived until the time of Abraham, Isaac and…
Throughout the Old and New Testament narratives, we see examples of those who refused to disobey God because their government demanded it. Each time it is done, the consequences of following God are taken willingly. Paul, when he was taken by the Romans to save him from the Jews, appealed to Caesar. From that time forward, each tome he was examined at…
Good governance is that which provides accountability for volition based on TRUTH. Bad governance is that which governs or judges for personal rewards. (Amazing how federal legislators all become wealthy while in office.) Bad governance divides citizens into classes, from the important ones to the most unimportant ones. Bad governance in almost every historical case, seeks to take volition away from those…
He is called the Father in creation. He is called the Father by covenant. He is called Father through our oneness in Christ.
Fasting in the Old Testament is almost always done because of remorse for sins against God, or occasionally for wrongdoing another person. It is never done as a ritualistic event, except on the day of atonement, when the people where to afflict their souls because of their sins. In the New Testament, the Pharisees had taken the act of fasting and turned…
Government was created to be the foundation of truth and justice. “The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government. “ “The very idea of the power and right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.” “The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous…
To understand Matthew 5 – 7, it is helpful to first look at to whom was this message given, and to whom do those promises apply? Christ says that they will inherit the earth. The body of Christ is blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. What were the prophetic circumstances when they were given? What, according to Daniel, was to…
Matthew 6:9-13 is what is commonly called “The Lord’s Prayer.” It is repeated in multitudes of churches every week, actually contradicting what Christ said in verse 7. This prayer is not a prayer that the Lord prayed, but instructions that he was giving to his disciples. It wasn’t something for them to simply repeat, but a manner and pattern for what they…