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God’s gifts to us are his Word and the local churches. The fact that there are self-governing local churches at all is astounding in light of how God interacted with Israel. In Israel, God had one dwelling place, and they were bound by His law to come up to that dwelling place three times a year. But after the fall of Israel,…
There are many challenging passages in I John. He saves a real doozy for the end. That is: “There is a sin unto death” and “there is a sin not unto death”. It doesn’t really matter where your starting point is, these verses can throw you for a loop. First, how is there a sin not unto death? Doesn’t Paul and James…
Well, no, we aren’t sorry for grace. We actually believe that it should be strenuously defended from attacks on all sides. Our ministry stands on four pillars: A Book You Can Trust A Gospel You Can Believe Study You Can Understand, and A Life You Can Live. These are each instrumental in the growth of any believer, and they should be defended…
We often hear Christians say that the Holy Spirit spoke to them. When asked what were his exact words, the response is usually that it wasn’t actual words, but a strong feeling. But does the Holy Spirit speak to us today in plain words? The answer, of course, is yes. Every time you open God’s Word and begin to read, the Holy…
Why does it seem that evil and unjust people seem to prosper? Why do righteous people who work selflessly seem to always have troubles? Asaph, Jeremiah and other Old Testament writers ask this question. Many times the reason wicked people seem to thrive in this life is because they think they have no need of God. When one forsakes God, his evil…
If you understand what the parable of the wheat and the tares means, it helps you to see what John is teaching ‘the little children’ in I John. There is going to be infiltrators into the remnant church in the last days. Peter and Jude describe what these children of Satan will be like on the inside. John is teaching the newly…
1 John 3:8-9 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.…
There are three places in Paul’s epistles that he lists spiritual gifts given to the body of Christ. There are other places where he tells us when they will go away. These spiritual gifts were given before the word of God was completed, and their stated purpose was to perfect the saints, do the work of the ministry, and edify the body…
One of the main themes of I john is loving each other and loving your brethren. But when he begins to introduce this topic, it seems confusing because first he says that he’s not giving a new commandment, then in the next verse he says he is giving a new commandment. The new commandment he is giving isn’t to love your brother,…
A New Year’s Resolution that was meant to be humorous: “This New Year I’ve resolved to lead a better life. Now all I have to do is find someone to trade me lives.” For us, there is someone who has traded his life for ours. Jesus Christ died for us so that he could give his life to us so that he…