When God put man in the garden of Eden He told him not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Man decided he knew better than God, defied Him, and broke the command. God's righteousness demanded that the sin be punished but His love promised redemption through Jesus.
Reincarnation is the belief that when the body dies, the soul is reborn and passes into another body. This teaching denies the reality of death and rules out the possibility of God’s judgment. Though some claim reincarnation is taught in the Bible, study will prove quite otherwise.
The words of John 14 were spoken while Jesus and His twelve Disciples were still reclining around the table at the Lord’s Supper. Several things were troubling the disciples but Jesus reassured them with some beautiful promises.
The fact that God hates sin and is going to punish it is clearly seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The first seven times that the words of Jesus are recorded in the Bible provide an interesting look into what was important to Him.
Who you marry will affect the whole rest of your life, therefore, courtship is the time to consider the character of the person you are dating and to lay a good foundation for marriage.
Who offers a better freedom- Christian rebirth or the American revolution? Who offers more freedom from tyranny- America or Jesus Christ? Who has broken more chains for men in this land- Independence or Dependence on Jesus Christ? How do we obtain true freedom?
When the Holy Spirit lives in a Christian certain virtues will be seen in that person's life. These are called the fruit of the Spirit for He alone can produce them in us.
Christ has dreamed a dream: His dream is a perfectly glorious Bride. Do you share that dream with Him? Do you see it? Feel it? Live in it? Seven rock-solid glories from Hebrews 12 to admire and strive for.
Christ's second coming is the hope of the church. The promise is clear — and we do not try to explain it away.
God is sovereign, He wants us to follow Him and to obey His bidding. We can choose to be disobedient. But if we are, He will gently at first, and then more forcefully, bring to our mind the realization that He wants our first love. He will not force Himself on you but seeks to draw you to Him.
Isaiah 53 is a grand prophetic summary of Jesus' life and death, written more than 700 years before He was born. It contains the essence of the Gospel in the major highlights of Jesus' life, from the virgin birth to the resurrection.
The Gospel of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity and our hope. What will happen to the person who accepts that Gospel as the truth on which to build his life? How will the world recognize the disciples of Jesus? Do you know how to help someone accept that Gospel for his own life?
Session 4 of a 10 part series on "The Revelation of Jesus Christ".