When Did God Begin to Love Us? Romans 5 tells us that God demonstrated His love for us not when we were striving to live righteous lives, but while we…
The Results of Justification Paul concludes that, through Christ, we now have peace with God, access to His grace, hope in tribulation, and the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ “descended” and became what no other sacrifice could be; He, the Lamb of God, a the superior and perfect sacrifice for our sin. But even more, He rose…
Fully Persuaded Through Abraham’s faith, God credited righteousness to him. That same righteousness is given to us when we believe in Jesus, who justifies us.
The Faith of Abraham The promises of God are made certain through faith. Galatians chapter three reminds us that Gentiles who share Abraham’s faith are now considered his children and…
Happiness Abraham and David found joy through faith. When we believe God, He credits righteousness to our account. At Christ’s return, the ledgers will be opened to reveal either blessing…
What Does a Mature Christian Look Like? Our best defense against falling into deception is to become mature followers of Christ. But there are all kinds of ideas on what…
Don’t Move Away from the Gospel In the book of Colossians, we are dealing with a church that is under siege from outside forces seeking to move the church away…
Keeping Yourself from Bitterness Someone has defined bitterness as “a chronic and pervasive state of smoldering resentment.” We repeatedly run through our minds how we have been victimized and meditate…
What identifies a person as being a spiritual person? Some think certain clothes or hairstyles identify them as being spiritual. Others think it’s based on the frequency that they attend…
Our mindset, or attitude, impacts our relationships. Most people fluctuate between an inward mindset (pleasing self) and an outward mindset (pleasing others). But by the grace of God, we have…
Prominent or Preeminent Every false teacher seeks to make Jesus less than who He is. Many false faiths give Jesus a prominent position. Prominent means, “leading, important, or well-known.” But…
What Should We Pray For? The Apostle Paul was excited about was happening in the ancient city of Colossae. He wanted to see the good things that God was doing…
Giving in shark infested waters As we close out our study in Philippians the Apostle brings up the subject of giving. Often as Christians we’re conflicted because on the…
Seek to be Reconciled The wonderful church in the ancient city of Philippi was being threatened of being torn apart because of an unwillingness of some to be reconciled with…
America is a nation that is stirred up. We take offense, we jump ugly on social media, and spend countless hours debating presidential matters, fake news, and the role of…
Many Enemies of the Cross We are warned at the end of Philippians chapter 3 that there are many Enemies of the Cross. But what Paul gives us, is insight…
Beware of Dogs The warning of “beware of dogs”, is not one that we’d expect to find in the Bible, yet we read it in Philippians chapter 3. The Apostle…
Dealing With Warning Signs Church splits like divorces rarely happen without warning. You can look back from these events and see that there were troubling signs that were neglected. As…
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