“God with us” (Matt 1:23) means peace (Luke 1:79, 2:14). Peace is found in a Person (Eph 2:14). The birth of Christ is the greatest turning point in all of history. God laid aside His glory in the heavens and descended into His creation, becoming a Man (Phil 2:5-11). God became Man forever. His Names include Immanuel (God… Read More »
What is true fellowship with God? Is it possible that sinful man can have fellowship with God who is light, love, and eternal life? Fellowship is the Father’s will for all men. It becomes reality for those who enter His family at salvation (union) and become children of light. John writes to explain the parameters of the ongoing… Read More »
John’s testimony of Jesus Christ as the Word of life is the foundational truth that exposes the lies of the false teachers in 1 John. These antichrists who are attempting to destroy the churches in Asia Minor, taught lies regarding the Person and work of Jesus Christ. The readers to whom John was writing were already saved, but… Read More »
Who’s Your Daddy? In his first epistle John refutes the lies, heresies and life of the false teachers who have created a crisis in the churches in Asia Minor. For John, the apostle with the most intimate of relationships with our Lord and Savior, the denial of Jesus as God who became man evokes the harshest of labels… Read More »
At the moment of death, when your soul separates from the mortal body, your future is eternally and irrevocably fixed. In that moment, you will either be welcomed into the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious throne of God and the multitudes of believers, friends, and loved ones… or, your experience will be that of… Read More »
At salvation, a believer undergoes a new birth into a new family with God as Father (John 1:12-13). For the child of God, knowing God as Father (who He is and what He has done and is doing for us) is the basis for understanding all Christian relationship and our call, purpose, and destiny. (The Father) impels us… Read More »
The only condition for salvation is faith in the gospel. But what kind of faith is saving faith? Is there a type of faith that does not save? What about all the other Scriptures in the Bible that seem to state we must believe and do a number of other things such as repent, confess, be baptized,… Read More »
The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes (Rom 1:16-17). The object of our faith is the good news of the gospel. Belief in the Biblical gospel transfers one from the kingdom of darkness and death to the kingdom of His light and life that includes the remission of sins and the… Read More »
Zeal was a common theme of Christian writers in the 1700’s. God commands believers to “be zealous,” and yet, what does that mean and how is it expressed in a godly way? Often the term zeal is used negatively to diminish the idea or belief behind the emotion. Zealots or “being zealous” brings up the image of one… Read More »
Most erroneously believe that the Bible condemns both anger and judgment, and have little basis for understanding biblical love or zeal. A walk that honors God comes through a heart that can express both anger (Eph 4:26) and zeal (Tit 2:14). As we shall see, those who cannot or will not express righteous anger are unbalanced in the… Read More »
