What really is “legalism”? It is the belief that I can become holy and please God by obeying laws. It is measuring spirituality by a list of do’s and don’ts. The weakness of legalism is that it sees sins (plural) but not sin (the root of the trouble). It judges...
We must never underestimate the importance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The world believes that Jesus died, but not that He arose from the dead. What is the significance of the Resurrection? It proves that Jesus is God’s Son. Jesus stated that He had authority to lay down His...
A distraught wife sought out a Christian marriage counselor and told her sad story of a marriage about to dissolve. “But we have so much!” she kept saying, “Look at this diamond ring on my finger. Why, it’s worth thousands! We have an expensive mansion in an exclusive area. We...
Hospitality is a virtue that is commanded and commended throughout the Scriptures. Moses included it in the Law. Jesus enjoyed hospitality while He was on earth, and so did the apostles in their ministry. Human hospitality is a reflection of God’s hospitality to us. Abraham was hospitable to three strangers,...
No matter how difficult the fiery trial may become, a Christian always has hope. In his first epistle, Peter gave reasons for this hopeful attitude. • We have God’s grace. Our salvation is because of His grace. He called us before we called on Him. We have tasted that the...
Why does the Lord want your body? To begin with, the believer’s body is God’s temple; God wants to use it for His glory. But Paul wrote that the body is also God’s tool and God’s weapon. God wants to use the members of the body as tools for building...
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). This verse says that you and I can share the image of Jesus...
The deepest kind of fellowship is not based on race or family relationship; it is based on the spiritual life we have in Christ. A church fellowship based on anything other than love for Christ and for one another simply will not last. Where there is true Christian love, there...
What if an army were run with the same lack of obedience, order, and discipline that we often see in the local church? It would never win a war. If soldiers attended drill whenever they felt like it, they would never be equipped to face the enemy. If recruits disobeyed...