The Peril of Unbelief Unbelief might be the most dangerous thing there is. Hebrews 3, verses 12 and 13 speak of the peril of unbelief. Here’s what it says; “Take care brethren, lest there should be in any one of you, an evil unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is called today,…
The Scriptures Have Implications Many times, when we say things, we also imply more than is said. For instance, if I were to ask you; “Will you take me to lunch today? I’m implying, will you pay for lunch today. And as we read the bible, many things that the bible says, have implications. But a lot of times, our minds aren’t always on the same track,…
Mt Sinai and the Ten Commandments I am hoping that this lesson will help in laying out all the specifics concerning the giving of the ten commandments at Mt Sinai. It’s an interesting little study, so I hope you’ll enjoy it. A good understanding of the event, is really just a matter of reading the accounts given in Exodus chapters 19 & 20, and also …
Bible Authority The subject of bible authority, is one of the most important subjects that there is when it comes to our faith, and to our conduct as Christians. But most people don’t realize and appreciate, just how important it really is. I think that one of the reasons for that is because most people don’t take individual verses and passages seriously enough. People read…
“On The First Day of the Week When We Gathered Together..” This article is for every Christian who has ever wondered about the question; Is it a sin to miss just one, first day of the week, worship assembly of the church? The answer to that question depends upon the reason, for missing one worship assembly. No one is immune from sickness, and so it’s obvious that at some time…
Why Has God Communicated With Man? Our question for today is this; Is there any reason for God to have any further communications with man, in addition to communicating with us through the bible? In the bible, we have the entire history of God’s communications with man. From Adam, up until the complete revelation of the new testament law of Christ. We’re reminded of what it says…
The Fathers and The Prophets Hebrews chapter 11 begins with these words; “Long ago, in many portions and in many ways, God spoke to the fathers, in the prophets.” For a long period of time, that’s how God communicated with man; He choose men from among the Israelites, and made them “prophets of God” to reveal God’s will, and God’s message, to the people. In Amos…
Does God Speak To Us? The first time ever recorded, that God communicated with man, was in Genesis 2, verse 16. It says there; “And the Lord God commanded the man saying; From any tree of the garden you may eat freely..” And the next verse says; “But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in the day that…
The Schoolmaster That Led To Christ. Last week’s lesson ended with Galatians 3:24, which says; “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” The word “schoolmaster”, as it’s used here in this verse, doesn’t specifically mean a teacher, but rather, it refers to one who is in charge of the total oversight of someone, or of a…
The Covenant of the Law of Moses In our previous lesson, we learned that three of the laws which were a part of the law of Moses, and which governed Israel, were all given separately, prior to the ten commandments, and prior to the rest of the old covenant law. But yet, they’re all a part of the old covenant law of Moses. Here’s the three laws that…
God’s Covenants With Man Last week we focused on God’s covenant with Abram, which was a two-fold promise. First there was the physical promise which was specified in Genesis 15:18; “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying; To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates..” Then there was the…
Scripture Reading; 1 John 4:7 thru 21 (Please read) I’m going to read the words of the chorus from that song that’s called, “angry Words”. And I want to ask you to repeat the words to your self, as I read them. They have to do with exactly what that scripture reading was all about. Here we go; “Love one another.. thus saith…
Man Has Always Lived Under A Covenant With God Here’s just a little review of last week’s lesson; God made a covenant with Adam, in the garden. And the covenant also applied to Eve. And that covenant would have lasted throughout Adam and Eve’s entire physical life, if they hadn’t broken the covenant. But they did break the covenant, and thus God removed them from the garden,…
God Has Made Several Covenants With Man Last week I talked about the old covenant and the new covenant. And today I want to talk more about all of God’s covenants with man. There’s a lot of words that are synonymous with the word covenant. Here’s several of them; A covenant is the same as an agreement, or a treaty, or an alliance, or a pact. …
Was Jesus Jewish or Christian or Both? I had someone ask me last week; “Was Jesus a Christian? And I said; No, Jesus wasn’t a Christian. How could he have been? He was a Jew who lived under the old covenant law. A Christian lives under the new covenant law. So Christ wasn’t a Christian. The fella I was talking to couldn’t understand that. He said; How could…
The Words that We Use Make a Difference If you’ve been listening to the news at all lately, you’ve probably heard this said many times; “Words matter!” That’s been said regarding truth and lies. In other words; It matters whether the words that you are saying, are true words, or if they are lying words. And so I think we all have to agree, words do matter….
Eternal Darkness is Eternal Separation from God The idea of a loving God, sending people to hell, to suffer eternally, has always been a problem for people. A lot of people refuse to accept that as the truth, and thus reject the bible. Others don’t fully reject the bible, but they reject the idea of hell. But the bible does speak about hell. It describes hell as…
The Third Commandment I want to talk about one of the ten commandments. Even though we’re not living under the old law, and even though we’re not subject to the ten commandments, we can still learn about God, from those commandments. The commandment I want to talk about is the third commandment, found in Exodus 20, verse 7. It says; “You shall not take the name of the…
Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine There’s a song that we sing sometimes called “Blessed Assurance”. “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh what a foretaste of glory divine.” Don’t you want the blessed assurance, that if your life ended today, or if Jesus returned today, you’d be with Him eternally? You don’t want to worry about eternity, I know you don’t. We’re told in Philippians 46 &…
What is it Like to be “IN” Christ? Romans 8, verse 1 tells us; “Therefore, there is now, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans chapter 6, verse 23 tells us; “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God, is eternal life, IN Christ Jesus our Lord.” So then, if we are IN Christ, we won’t experience…