“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.” Isaiah 65:17 Our final study in the book of Isaiah assures us that God’s Deliverer, the Messiah, will accomplish the dual work of redemption and restoration. Not only …
“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6 “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” …
Question: “What is cultural Christianity?” Answer: Cultural Christianity is religion that superficially identifies itself as “Christianity” but does not truly adhere to the faith. A “cultural Christian” is a nominal believer—he wears the label “Christian,” but the label has more to do with his family background and upbringing than any personal conviction that Jesus is …
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 The basis of …
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1:27 Pentecost heralded the coming of the Holy Spirit in power upon spiritual Israel – the Church. This day marked the birth of the New Testament …
And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ Matthew 25:40 Last week’s study focused on how Jesus met peoples’ needs (Luke 4:18, 19): He brought spiritual, mental and physical healing …
15.06.2019 FAMILIES OF FAITH Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, …
08.06.2019 LITTLE TIMES OF TROUBLE “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26, 27 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does …
Loss is an unavoidable reality in this sinful world. However, this was never God’s plan His plan was for us to live a perfect unadulterated life and He wants to and has made all the provisions to restore us back to that perfect life without loss. We are looking at temporary loss against eternal restoration. …
That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. John 17:21 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that …
