Grace vs. The Law Acts 17:25 (NIV) “And he [God] is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.” Approaching God ┬┤├®├Ç Grace is getting what we don’t deserve, or more formally “unmerited favor“. 1 Pet 1:2c,9-10 (NIV) Grace and peace […]
Grace, Faith, & Good Works Col 2:6 (KJV) As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. ┬┤├®├Ç Grace has been defined as getting what you don’t deserve, or more formally unmerited favor. Previously we looked at the unmerited part. But what is this favor? What do we get, specifically? […]
The Power of Grace John 1:16 (NAS) For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. The Grace Gifts 1 Cor 14:1 (NIV) Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts… ┬┤├®├Ç Many Christians know that “gift” in Greek is charisma, as in charismatic. Grace in Greek is charis. They […]
The Parable of the Conceptual Inheritor 2 Cor 6:1-2 (NIV) As God’s fellow-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, “In the time of my favour I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favour, now […]
“Who is the false prophet of the end times?”……Answer: The false prophet of the end times is described in Revelation 13:11-15. He is also referred to as the "second beast" (Revelation 16:13, 19:20, 20:10). Together with the Antichrist and Satan, who empowers both of them, the false prophet is the third party in the unholy […]
The Gospel of Prosperity…Romans 1:10 One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.(New Living Translation) The same verse from the(King James Version) “Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to […]
“Spiritual strongholds – what is the Biblical view?”……The word "strongholds" is found once in the New Testament, used metaphorically by Paul in a description of the Christian's spiritual battle: "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but […]