Am I Just a Sinner Saved By Grace?
Saved by grace to righteousness or to sin? I have heard many people use the expression: “I am just an old sinner saved by grace.” But are we still “just a sinner” after we are saved by grace? 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he has made him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us; […]
What is the Gospel?
Gospel Announced to Abraham Galatians 3:8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” Jesus told the disciples, after His resurrection from the grave: “As you go into all the world, proclaim the gospel […]
The Gospel vs. Reality vs. Criticism
Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel– When people hear the Gospel sometimes these words are rejected and fall to the ground and the evil spirits flying around scurry their thoughts off […]
The Promised Land of Rest – God Says Sit Down
Matthew 22:44 “The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” Ephesians 2:6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. Promised Land rest comes from God. […]
Jesus said – “Remember Lots Wife” – Looking Back
Luke 17:32-33 NIV Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. The Lord had told Lot and his wife to escape to the mountains and not be looking back at the past behind them. (Genesis 19:17) Maybe Lots wife did not have […]
From Curse To Blessings
The period of Time From Curse of Adam to Now When Paul said in Galatians 3:13: “redeemed us”; he was speaking in the presence tense, about his race the Jews saying: “Christ redeemed us (the Jews) from the curse of the law.” This was to explain the next statement in Galatians 3:14 allowing the gentile […]
Dont Marry Your Five Senses
Mark 8:18-21 ‘You have eyes–can’t you see? You have ears–can’t you hear?’ Don’t you remember anything at all? When I fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread, how many baskets
Death and Life are in the Power of Words Proverbs 18-21
Proverbs 18:21 (paraphrased) The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will eat their own words. Words spoken reveal what you believe. When you speak that you are righteous by faith and not by performance, you speak by faith coupled with grace. Complete trust in righteousness by faith […]
God Creates the Fruit of Your Lips
The Fruit Comes By Our Words Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips… God has delegated the fruit of our lives to be directly affected by what we speak. In James 3 we are told the tongue can set on fire the course of nature adversely or can steer our lives in perfect […]
Grace is Abounding to Weaknesses 2 Corinthians 12:9
Where does God’s Grace Abound 2 Corinthians 12:9 Wherefore, But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.“… Grace is not attracted to the strengths of man according to Jesus in this verse, but grace abounds to the weaknesses of man. In the areas you […]