Since God is sovereign and only good comes from Him, some try to attribute weakness to God or they try to lay blame for sin at God’s feet. But God doesn’t sin and he doesn’t encourage people to sin. Since this… Read More ›
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BEWARE THE LEADERS WHO PLAY TO YOUR BASER MOTIVES
BEWARE THE LEADERS WHO PLAY TO YOUR BASER MOTIVES “They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward their iniquity.” Hos 4:8 “And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on… Read More ›
As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me. – Hosea 13:6 In satisfaction came pride. There is a great deal of… Read More ›
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
Paul is talking to the church in Ephesus about the unified body and how God aims for it to grow up into the image of Christ. When Paul says, “speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in… Read More ›
MOST MEN WON’T BE SAVED BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN STUBBORN HEARTS
“Since Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer, can the LORD now pasture them like a lamb in a large field?” – Hosea 4:16 Why are so many people going to hell? Though all men are God’s creation, He doesn’t intend… Read More ›
YOU SHARED IN THEIR SINS – Appointing unqualified men to the office
“Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.” 1 Tim 5:22. The laying on of hands here was the ceremonial approval given to men, Acts 13:3;… Read More ›
THERE’S ONLY ONE FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD
A sinner is only saved by his faith if he obeys. I have had “faith only” people explain to me that the book of James is emphasizing faith that works AFTER salvation. They explain that faith for salvation has no… Read More ›
IT WON’T PREACH UNTIL IT IS LIVED
We have all heard the saying, ‘practice what you preach’. Our words have more power if they are lived. When we live it, we believe it. And if we aren’t living it, nobody listens to what we ourselves clearly don’t… Read More ›
HUMANISM DESPAIR AND FINDING MEANING
Francis Schaeffer said that humanistic reasoning only leads to despair and that the humanist comes to only value personal peace and materialistic wealth. In other words, the humanist only cares about himself. He doesn’t even care for his own children… Read More ›