by admin | Sep 14, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Discipleship, Faith, False Teaching, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Salvation, Sin
God warned that the penalty for sin is death. Genesis 2:17 By this, we understand that there must be shedding of blood, which represents death. Hebrews 9:22 The devil through the serpent tricked Eve into believing that she would not die. Indeed, the serpent’s trickery...
by admin | Aug 3, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
The reconciliation we need was completed in Christ Jesus. From the beginning, in Genesis chapter 3, God taught that sin (rebellion, disobedience, refusal by the human will to depend wholly upon God) requires a blood sacrifice for fellowship with God to be restored. A...
by admin | Jul 27, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
Sin is not only disobedience of God’s moral law. We were created for communion (fellowship) with God. John 17:3, 1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 John 1:3, Revelation 3:20 Sin broke that fellowship, and the original design of humanity was marred. When we speak of a penalty for...
by admin | Jul 20, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
Why do good things happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people? To be clear, we do see bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people. However, we often single out specific cases to justify our refusal of God. The question strikes...
by admin | Jul 6, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
What is truth? What is knowledge? What is goodness? What is right and wrong? These are all questions which surface in daily life. Some answer that truth, knowledge, goodness, and morality are all determined by each individual person on a case-by-case basis. Others...
by admin | Jun 15, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
While not necessarily using the phrase “moral law” or the word “morality”, it is from God and through His revelation to us in the Bible that we understand moral law and morality. By morality, I mean our pattern of conduct. We can also add character and the intentions...