OUTLINE: A Love Letter to God’s ChildrenBlog – 5/27/22 “by grace through faith” -“by grace”: solely by God’s power -“through faith”: solely through trust in God (not self)A Love Letter to God’s ChildrenBlog – 5/27/22 FaithFaith is confidence in God’s trustworthiness (“I can trust God at His word”). It provides conviction under impossible circumstances and […]
SALVATION SERIES: Part 16 – The Order of Salvation Read More »
If the end goal is salvation, what then is the means by which it occurs? For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” -Romans 10:13 OK, then, all an unbeliever has to do is simply call on the Lord, right? This is true, however, there’s a caveat. For the mind
The Ends and the Means Read More »
Why do most people set out to read the Book of Job? In my experience, it’s to find encouragement during times of suffering. However, while this end goal may be obtainable, I’d argue that venturing into this beautiful book or pigeonholing it as a treatise on suffering alone does great injury to its other major theme,
The Book of Job: On Suffering or Sovereignty? Read More »
How many times have you been determined to evangelize someone you love, personally; maybe a family member or an old friend? The more you understand the depravity of man and the righteous sentence of eternity in the Lake of Fire for unbelievers, the more your motivation increases to see them saved. You don’t want your
Don’t Allow Your Personal Affections to Thwart God’s Read More »
OUTLINE: “I’m better!”Your so-called “victory” becomes your judgment. When the flesh’s perspective “wins”, you lose. That is your “punishment” (ala Pr 17:5). “seared”from kauteriazo – means to brand (sear) with a red-hot iron; (figuratively) cauterized, which destroys the “spiritual nerve-endings.” “God gave them up”“gave up” is from paradidomi – means to give (turn) over; “hand over from,” i.e. to deliver over with a
Part 30 – Proverbs 17 Wisdom Read More »
OUTLINE: The Mind of ChristThe Bible, as a whole, is the very mind of Christ. We don’t just “hear” from Jesus Christ when we read red letters in our Bibles. The Bible is His Word, mind, thoughts, heart. Religious PerversionThe Jewish leaders had made the Sabbath (Ex 20:8) part of a religious works program, which
Part 28 – Proverbs 17 Wisdom Read More »
At the time of this writing, my congregation has been taught seventy parts on a series titled, The Lord Is Our Confidence. I have no idea how much longer the Spirit will persist in His teaching on the topic, but I’m certainly not complaining, neither as a teacher nor a student. When a series goes on
OUTLINE: Ps 107:6 [Amplified]Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He rescued them from their distresses.Ps 107:41 [Amplified Classic]Yet He raises the poor and needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock.The God of All GraceThere is 100% consistency with any/all OT/NT scripture. Our God is a God of grace, regardless
Part 62 – The Deceitfulness of Sin Read More »
OUTLINE: Ps 107:6 [Amplified]Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He rescued them from their distresses.Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Ps 107(God’s salvation) is available for all who realize their distress and who are anxious to be delivered out of the hands of the enemy that holds them in such terrible bondage. 1Co 14:33for
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OUTLINE: The World’s Take On ReligionNever, EVER receive wisdom from the world as anything other than what it truly is – human, earthly. Even the most well-intentioned unbeliever has nothing to add to what is available to you in the Word of God, especially on the topic of true faith/religion. Supernatural AbilitiesGod sovereignly decides who
Part 36 – The Deceitfulness of Sin Read More »