I took a package to the post office. The clerk checked the zip code and scales, then gave me the charge. I took it then to the post office in a neighboring town and was given the same cost, then to a small rural post office where the postmaster gave the same answer. They did
Paul warned early Christians that after his departure a great apostasy would come, a falling away from the truth of the gospel. He told them this departure from the truth would start within the church leadership when men would “speak perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:29-31). He called them “grievous wolves”
Believers in the Bible must decide: (1) Does God permit everything which He has not specifically condemned, or (2) is all that He has not specifically authorized forbidden? Silence limited in the Old Testament: (1) Moses was commanded to kill a red heifer; silence excluded ant or horse (Num. 19:2). (2) Noah was commanded to
God wants certain things to be done in certain ways. The church was established in the first century according to His eternal plan. The “pattern” was perfect from the mind of God, just as the pattern for the tabernacle was perfect (Hebrews 8:5) when given to Moses. God also gave a pattern to Noah to
Some people do not read their Bible until they have made a tragic failure in their lives. Then, when in desperation they open it to look for help, they do hot know where to look or how to find their answers. 1. The Bible covers 4,000 years of history. The Old Testament starts with creation
J. B., you are correct. It was hundreds of years after Christ built His church before any mechanical music was introduced into Christian worship. Animal sacrifice, Sabbath day observance (Saturday), instrumental music and much more were in Jewish worship under Moses. But we are not under that old law. If we keep one part of
“Sanctify them in thy truth; thy Word is truth” (Jesus, Jn 17:17). “I am the way, the truth and the life (Jn 14:6). Jesus told his disciples that the Holy Spirit would guide them into all truth {J n 16:13). There has been therefore no truth revealed since 100 AD when His last apostle died.
1. You may read about it in the Bible (Rom 16:16). 2. Jesus is its builder (Mt 16:18). 3. It exalts Christ as the only head of the church (Col 1:18). 4. It was purchased by the blood of Christ (Acts 20:28). 5. It is not a denomination, but the body of Christ (Eph 1:22-23).