Walking in Truth “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (3 John 4) The important word “truth” is a key word in the apostle John’s vocabulary, occurring more in his writings than in those of any other New Testament author. In the one-chapter epistle of 3 John, it […]

Testing our Faith…We all go through trying times where our faith is tested. In both the Old and New Testaments, the words translated “test” mean “to prove by trial.” …When God tests us, His purpose is to prove that our faith is real. …Not that God needs to prove it to Himself since He knows […]

Walk by Faith… 2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” Although this verse appears in parentheses in the King James Bible, it is a most important concept in Scripture and is the summary of an extensive passage which precedes it. Beginning with 2 Corinthians 4:8…We are pressed on every side by […]

…Is salvation created by faith or is faith created by salvation? Neither. The offer of salvation was created when Jesus Christ died on the cross in our place – Jesus is the author of our salvation. (Heb 2:10-11, Rev 19:1-3, 1 John 1:1-4, Titus 1:1-3) He made it possible for us to be delivered from […]

“Why do so many people struggle with a lack of faith?”……The Apostle Paul exhorts Christians to "walk by faith and not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). What we see here is a contrast between truth and perception-what we know and believe to be true and what we perceive to be true. This is where the […]

Power in the Ark 1 Samuel 5:3“But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.“ The Philistines had captured the Ark of the […]

What is faith ? Hebrews 11:1Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Perhaps no other component of the Christian life is more important than faith. We cannot purchase it, sell it or give it to our friends. So what is faith […]