When I was ten years my mother took me and my three sisters to the crucifixion of Jesus of Galilee. She would take us to just about all the ones to scare us into be ‘good little children’. It wasn’t that much different from the other ones, but this seemed just odd. Continue reading
Justification by Faith and Reconciliation to God through the Finished Work of the Cross are the two major doctrines of Christianity. Romans 3: 21-31 explains the Doctrines of Justification By Faith and Romans 5 details the Doctrine of Reconciliation. Reconciliation happens once we have been justified. Justified means we have been found in right standing with God and are acquitted of all charges as a sinner. Believe it or not, once you understand these doctrines your Christian Walk can begin. Continue reading
Acts 17: 23
“For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. NASB
Much like the Athenians there are those that believe in God but think He is too much to be called upon. Not understanding GOD’s nature to us is that He loves for us to call on Him. He wants our total dependence to be on Him. He gave us His Son so we can come back into His Presence. But we have to put Christ and Him crucified as the object of our worship, “no man come to the Father but by the Son.” Continue reading
Another way Paul knew that the Bereans wanted the Word, they examining the Word daily. Paul had to be with them long enough to see the hunger in them. The Bereans searched, examined, investigated, and studied the Word daily; not just after 11am Service in light dinner convocation to show that they weren’t sleep during service. Paul was probably reminding Timothy of the Bereans in 2 Timothy 2:15, “Be diligent [study] to [show] present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling [dividing] the word of truth.” NASB Our Christ walk must be done on a daily bases. Our spirituality growth is not something you invest just on Sunday but we must have a study life, along side with a church life.
Now here is where the rubber meets the road, a prayer life. I am starting to understand that the lack of prayer life is a gateway for the foolishness of a flesh life. Continue reading