The Bible often speaks of the will of God.  Knowing, respecting, and ultimately doing, the will of God is essential to making it to heaven. Matthew 7:21 (ESV) 21  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is […]

The church at Philippi was a very giving church.  Their willingness to give was experienced firsthand by Paul, and he praised them for their generosity.  In the book of Philippians, Paul thanks the brethren for supplying his needs while he was in Thessalonica (Philippians 4:15-18).  Because of their willingness to help Paul financially while he […]

There are not too many issues in the religion of our Lord that are more important than Bible authority.  All of the religious divisions that exists today comes as a result of someone acting without authority.  Think of all of the errors of modern denominationalism.  Musical instruments, annual or quarterly observance of the Lord’s supper, […]

Romans 5:12-21 is one of Calvinists’ favorite passages.  It is the passage that they usually refer to first when trying to defend their theory of hereditary sin, that is, that man is born a sinner by inheriting Adam’s sin at birth.  Admittedly, Romans 5:12-21 is the one passage that sounds like it backs up their […]

Jesus said, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul” (Matthew 16:26).  Is your soul for sale?  The devil would like for it to be.  He will give you anything within his power for […]

Repentance plays a major role in the salvation of the soul.  Numerous passages speak of the absolute necessity of a sinner repenting in order to get back into a right relationship with God.  Without repentance, there can be no forgiveness of sins.  This is so because we serve a God Who is righteous and cannot […]

The church is now and has always been a spiritual body.  Paul once said that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”  This truth is totally ignored in the denominational churches of today.  Instead of making the spiritual work of the church as […]

There are many great things said about Abraham in the Bible, but perhaps the greatest compliment of all is that he is called a friend of God (James 2:23). The place where he is called God’s friend is Isaiah 41:8. “But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham […]

The straightforward answer to the question above is no.  I doubt anyone would say that cigarette smoking is a good thing.  Yet many members of the church smoke.  Have we forgotten the Bible principle of abstaining from every appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22)?   Since little argument can be made against the fact that there […]

I have often pointed out that there is a difference between being a child of God and being a Christian.  As strange as it might sound, not all who are God’s children are Christians, although one must be in God’s family to be a Christian.  To enter God’s family one must obey the gospel of […]