Category: Sin and Salvation
November 5, 2024
A Summary of Creation: Genesis 1 and 2 describe the six days in which God created heaven and earth and all the foundational elements of heaven and earth. Chapter 2 describe how God ceased from creation of the foundational elements. This...
November 18, 2023
The church at Galatia most likely consisted of two audiences: Jew and Gentile (non-Jew/non-Israelite) but predominantly Gentiles. Accordingly, Paul speaks directly and most prominently to those Gentiles who were being taught and encouraged by Jews to put adherence to the...
August 14, 2023
Acts 2 and some other scriptures are instructive on salvation, membership and obedience. Let us consider the 3,000 spoken of in Acts 2 that were added to the church Jesus is building (Matthew 16:16-18). A. Acts 2:1-13. They witnessed the...
February 7, 2022
Summary Christ came to fulfil not to destroy the law (law of Moses) and prophets (Matthew 5:17-20). So then a fundamental question is: Are Christians obligated to obey the law of Moses to be righteous? The scripture (Rom 10:4) says...
January 26, 2020
Christ came to fulfil not to destroy the law (law of Moses) and prophets (Matthew 5:17-20). So then a fundamental question is: Are Christians obligated to obey the law of Moses to be righteous? Clearly the scripture teaches obedience to...
October 14, 2018
Introduction This message addresses the Old Covenant and New Covenant. It does not address everything concerning either, however. The Old Covenant generally is described in the Old Testament. The New Covenant generally is described in the New Testament. Note that...
October 14, 2018
Updated: October 28, 2025 The term Israeli applies to only those persons who are legal earthly citizens of the currently recognized geographic nation of Israel. An atheist can be an Israeli. One’s status as a Jew is biological, spiritual, and...
September 21, 2018
Spiritual Warfare I am a Christian Minister. I believe in God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). Religions/faiths other than Christianity (e.g., Judaism, Islam, individual beliefs, etc.) believe in God. But Christianity is superior to all of them because of the role...
August 21, 2018
Introduction. God communicates righteous behaviour through the setting of various kinds and levels of doctrines in the form of commandments and laws. God’s desire and expectation is that we obey those doctrines. He does chastise us sometimes for our disobedience, sometimes...
October 12, 2017
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without...
May 8, 2016
Sin, Salvation, Holiness, Justification, Etc. Introduction First of all let us establish that we were created and born for God’s good pleasure (Revelation 4:11). We were created and born to do that which God wants us to do. To love...
May 8, 2016
In Matthew 7:1-5 Jesus cautions against judging others. Here Jesus points out there is little sin (mote or straw) and big sin (beam). Jesus does not say we are not to judge. He says we should be careful in judging....
