Christ established His church in 33 AD, but soon some were beginning to depart from the faith (forbidding marriage, etc. I Tim 4:1-3). The form of church government was gradually changing by some men who desired preeminence in governing the churches, so they began regarding themselves as successors to the apostle Peter. They called themselves
One of God’s promises to His children is that He will satisfy us with “honey out of the rock” (Psalm 81:16). Honey is one of the sweetest things and rock is one of the hardest. What is God telling His children here? You are going to have hard places in life. You will run up
CAN’T YOU GET ALONG WITH ANYBODY? Why can’t you settle down somewhere? You were a leader in school, and after that you were given a seat in an honored council. But then what happened to you? And what happened to your wife? Did she leave you because of your frequent disputes? Is it because you
DECEIVE and deceitful in its various forms appear139 times in your Bible. To deceive is to be false, to cause to believe an untruth. Satan,the enemy of God, is the great deceiver, the “father of lies.” He“transforms himself into an angel” (2 Cor 11: 14). One great deception of Satan to obscure the truth can
The old man Nicodemus was perplexed when Jesus told him he “must be born again!” He asked: how could he, being old, enter again into his mother’s womb and be born again??? Jesus explained to him in John 3:3-5 that this new birth is from above and that it is required to enter the kingdom
Every Person Living Or Dead Is In This Chart. Where Are You? Scriptures with brief explanation for the chart above. See corresponding numbers. 1. Innocence of Infants. Children are born into the world pure and innocent. They are “an heritage from Jehovah God” (Psalm 27:3-5). See Mt 18:10; Ezek 18:20; James 1:17. No infant baptism
Carefully read Hebrews 10:23-32. The Christian must remain faithful to God and “hold fast … without wavering.” In becoming a Christian, we confessed our belief in Christ as the Son of God and were baptized into Him and started our new life (Rom 6:3-4). The tragedy in the church today is that so many begin
Unless you speak Italian, this title may be meaningless to you. According to the most reliable dictionaries, it translates to mean: “In the manner of the chapel: without accompaniment,” or “in chapel style, without instrumental accompaniment.” “It also would exclude the act of striking the palms of hand, or any two surfaces, together,” as “the
How different the apostle Paul viewed Athens, as contrasted with the attitude of the ordinary tourist who would have been enraptured by the magnificent architecture, the glory of the city, and the Gentile intellectualism. In Paul’s view, it was a pile of idols which filled his heart with indignation (Acts 17:16-31). However, he did not
GOD IS! “The heavens declare His glory” (Psa 19:1). There is no excuse for atheism or idolatry (Rom 1:19-20). Only a fool denies His existence (Psa 14:1). Our God is ONE in contrast to the myriads of gods of paganism (Dt 6:4). No creature or power possesses His nature and attributes. God is manifested in
