Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” Faith requires the knowledge of God that leads to trusting God. After everything he has written about sin and righteousness and God’s plan of salvation, Paul arrives at Chapter 11, being moved by the Spirit to remove any doubt the believers may have about God’s promises in the Gospel. What…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” The message of Christmas IS the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Without the Gospel, Christmas is, as most people celebrate it, just another holiday that comes and goes. The debate over whether to say “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas” is irrelevant unless those who insist on saying “Merry…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” There is one and only one God. Therefore, there is one and only one true religion … the religion revealed in the Word of the one true God, the Bible. In the Bible God reveals the history of mankind from beginning to end. In fact, God reveals His sovereign plan…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” It could not be that God could be hindered by any other power, in the physical realm or in the spiritual realm, from carrying out what He has planned from before the creation of the world: to gather for Himself a people who will know Him, love Him and serve…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” “Life” is sometimes hard to understand … but it doesn’t have to be. People often say the Bible is hard to understand … but it doesn’t have to be. The solution is the same for both: you need to be a student of God’s Word. The truth is, you will…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” God saves us through the blood of Jesus, forgiving our sins by grace through faith, and promising us a home in heaven when we die. That’s about as far as most people get in thinking about “salvation.” Being “saved” seems to mean going to church, reading the Bible and praying…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” It has been said that the only thing worse than being lost is not knowing you are lost! What is true physically is true spiritually … not knowing you are lost leaves you wandering around in circles, blaming everything and everyone around you for your problems, and never really finding…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” Living as a Christian in this world has never been easy. In fact, if living as a Christian in this world SEEMS to be easy, you are probably not living the life God calls His children to live! While some declare that believing in Jesus is guaranteed to bring health…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” In the climax of another contentious election many people are frustrated that those who are elected to represent the people who voted for them often don’t do a very good job. Instead, they seem to be influenced by other people and power and money. The “representative principle” is a good…
Romans: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Hear It! Believe It! Live It!” Being at war with God is not wise, but that is the state of mind and heart that most people live in all their lives. Not knowing God or loving God or serving God or worshiping God, they go their own way, do their own thing, make their own rules…