A place for you.

Are we really any different from anyone else? We certainly have been conditioned to understand that – in the sense of being lost without Christ – no, we aren’t any different from the world. But as followers of Christ and in comparison to the world, we are called to be…..different. The following two scriptures were recorded at opposite ends of the ministry of Jesus – one at the beginning, and one at the end – but both are written to…

The fourfold profitability of inspiration in doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16) communicates to the mind of man, enabling him to be spiritually complete, “thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:17, KJV). All the principles by which God relates to man necessitates the mind being taught, instructed, and trained by divine revelation. Grace teaches (Titus 2:11-12). The teaching of grace is validated by blood. The instruction of grace in the Old Testament was ratified…

Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, presses this truth. With few exceptions, almost every verse uses some term that describes the Word of God. Repetitiously, the psalmist implores God to “teach” him and then uses words that pertain to the mind. God addressed the mind of Israel with the law He heralded from Mount Sinai. In his final sermon to Israel, Moses called upon the nation to hearken unto the statutes and judgments “which I teach you” (Deut…

Since God is sovereign and His will is paramount, He alone has the right to specify the conditions that man must meet in order to enjoy redemption, provided by God’s grace and the blood of His Son. Jesus said, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned” (Mark 16:16, KJV). What is baptism? Baptism is faith refusing to be supplanted by emotion. God designed man with an intellect, the ability to…