“How can we enter into God's rest?”……Answer: The concept of entering into God's rest comes from Hebrews 3-4. What is this rest the Hebrew writer is talking about? How do we enter it? And how do we fail to enter it? The writer to the Hebrews begins his discussion of God's rest in chapter 3 […]
“How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?”……Life is full of decisions we must make that do not have absolute, specific-by-name, how-to directions in the Bible. How many hours a day should my kids watch TV? Is it okay to play shoot-ÔÇÿem-up video games? Am I allowed […]
The Gifts of God…James 1:17…Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.( Greek from above, from the Father of lights. )…He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.( Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.) In the days […]
Does it matter which God you call to? Q: “People often pray to a ‘God’ in hard times. Is everyone praying to the same God? Does it matter which God you call to?” People today like to believe that whoever you are praying to is fine. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Hindu god, a […]
“How can I see the hand of God moving in my life?”……Several Scriptures describe the hand of God moving and guiding people (1 Samuel 5:112 Chronicles 30:12Job 19:2127:11Ecclesiastes 2:249:1). These passages do not mean that God literally has a hand. The Bible declares that God is spirit (John 4:24), that He does not, in His […]
“What is the key to truly experiencing God?”……Although extremely popular in Christian circles, the concept of "experiencing God" is not explicitly found in Scripture. There are numerous commands in Scripture regarding how we are to relate to God, but experiencing Him is not one of them. We are to love God with all our hearts […]
“What does it mean to have the fear of God?”……For the unbeliever, the fear of God is the fear of the judgment of God and eternal death, which is eternal separation from God (Luke 12:5; Hebrews 10:31). For the believer, the fear of God is something much different. The believer’s fear is reverence of God. […]