What Is The Gospel ? What if we could heal people of illnesses, simply by loving them? Wouldn’t that be great. We could heal our family members, and our close friends. If we had enough capacity to love, we could heal everyone. But what would happen to the people who don’t have anyone to love them? Would they simply have to remain sick, and possibly die? What…
Physical vs Spiritual There are two major difficulties that people encounter when attempting to understand the scriptures. One of them is differentiating between what is to be taken literally, and what is to be taken figuratively. The other is differentiating between the physical and the spiritual meaning of verses. Differentiating between the physical and the spiritual, is what I will deal with in explaining a few bible verses today….
Salvation The most important question that we could ever ask, is; “What must I do to be saved”. If we don’t know HOW to be saved, it’s pretty much guaranteed, we WON’T be saved. But before we answer the question of HOW we can be saved, let’s consider this question; “What is it, that makes us UN-saved?” To be Un-saved, is to be lost. Jesus said in Luke 19, verse…
Religious Conversion In the King James Version of the bible, Acts chapter 3, and verse 19 says; “Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” Jesus said, in Mat 13, and verse 15; “For the heart of this people has waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and…
God’s Three Dispensations Hebrews chapter 1, and verse 1, says; “God, having spoken long ago, to the fathers, in the prophets, in many portions, and in many ways, has in these last days, spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.” There’s an interesting phrase in that verse; “In many portions”. What that means, is.. “in many…
What is a “Treasure in Earthen Vessels” ? A treasure could be of gold and silver and gemstones couldn’t it? And earthen vessels could be pottery made out of clay. That would be “Treasure in earthen vessels”. When the Dead Sea Scrolls were found stored inside large clay pots, and hidden in caves, those were treasures in earthen vessels. But the bible speaks about one specific “treasure”, that’s carried in “earthen…