Sometimes we tend to categorize sin. Sins such as fornication, adultery, stealing, and the like, we consider to be very serious. However, sins such as lying are dismissed with little thought. The fact is God abhors all sin (Psalms 5:4-5) and lying is no exception. In the Garden, Satan used a lie to entice Eve […]
We are living in an age of time. While time exists two things are certain: people will be born and people will die. This is a constant and endless cycle. Thousands of people are born every year and every year thousands of people die. Between life and death, there are certain commonalities among all people, […]
The word faithful simply means to be trustworthy. It refers to those on whom you can rely to keep their word and fulfill their promises. The world of professional sports epitomizes the opposite of faithfulness. Contracts are broken all the time simply because of a thirst for monetary gain and the prestige of being able […]
On one occasion, after Jesus had silenced the Sadducees concerning the resurrection from the dead, a certain lawyer was moved to tempt Him by asking a question about the law. This particular lawyer said to Jesus, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” (Matthew 22:36) Jesus answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy […]
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth He meditate day and night. And He shall be like a tree […]
Jesus once said, “…If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31, 32). Many wonderful thoughts can be gleaned from the words which Jesus uttered here. We are made aware of some exceptional realities that come as […]
Sin is repulsive. It was sin that made it necessary for God to go to extreme measures to redeem mankind. God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to condemn sin in the flesh (Romans 8:3) The conquering of sin, however, required more than the manifestation of God’s Son in the flesh. Jesus […]
Everyone is a servant. Paul said, “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” We are all either servants of sin or obedience. To be a servant of sin is to be under […]
The Hebrews writer wrote, “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines…” (Heb. 13:9). Strange doctrines are doctrines foreign to the Word of God. They are doctrines that originate in the mind of man instead of the mind of God. While there is certainly a lot of false teaching in the religious world today, […]
In Romans One, we see the progressive nature of sin. Specifically, we see the continual plight toward the moral ruin of those who deny the reality of God. Paul said that these deniers of God “…changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted […]