The Christian can cling to any promise in the Bible because they belong to Jesus Christ. All of the promises of God are ours because of Him (2 Cor. 1:20).
If a person is casual about their sin, they are in danger. Jesus Christ looked men directly in the eye and warned them that they will be thrown into hell unless...
Every Christian ought to be able to look at their conscience and find nothing between their souls and the Lord. If we find something that displeases the Lord, we need to put it to death immediately.
When it comes to killing sin, it's your personal responsibility. If you fail to kill sin in your life, it's not someone else's fault; it's your fault. You must be intentional and deliberate; not passive in this battle.
Forgiveness is not a small issue in the Christian life. A person's response to being wronged is a good test to see if they've really been forgiven or not. Failure to forgive...
If you begrudgingly or mechanically say the words, "I forgive you", yet still hold on to that thing in your heart, you are not practicing Biblical forgiveness, but Biblical bitterness.
What should Christian parents do when their children could possibly be put in situations that expose them to sin? How should parents protect them from that...
As believers we need to daily remind ourselves to put first things first and have God's kingdom as the supreme priority of our lives. There are a million plus distractions...
How should Christians view and treat financial debt? Should Christians ever get into debt? Are different kinds of debt more significant or urgent than others?
The passing of a man of God always brings special memories and attention to those who knew that man. With some of God's servants, it really can be called the end...
Many times people set out on a course to glorify God and do His will. But they get frustrated when it doesn't go as they planned or it doesn't seem to prosper.
When we evangelize and share the gospel, all we need to do is proclaim what we know from the Word of God. We may feel very inefficient and incompetent, but the power is in God's Word...
What does it mean to walk by faith? We want to know what the Bible says about it. But we also want to see if the Bible describes what the opposite of what walking by faith is.
If you're asked to define grace, do you put "power" in the definition? Many times the Bible connects grace with power when it's mentioned. Grace is vain unless...
In Ephesians 3:1-13 Paul, under inspiration, gives a great deal of information about himself. And God has specifically designed us to be impacted by the example of others.
There are many verses in the Bible that talk about being saved by faith, and there are also other verses that seem to indicate that we are saved by our own effort and striving.
The world is filled with strangers because what truly makes someone strange is being a stranger to God. Christians are no longer strangers because they've been brought near to God through Christ.
Jesus prayed to His Father with reverence, in simple language, in an orderly way, while full of faith and confidence, and having an ultimate concern for God's glory.
What characterizes the Christian is not that they don't do bad, but it is that they are zealous for good works. We must get away from a Christianity...
Concerning sin, because they do not believe on Me." That is the radical... that if you chief sin. That is the sin of all sins. Is not to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
It doesn't matter what shade of skin we have, but by reconciliation through the Cross, the door has been opened so that we actually have real communion...
When many stopped following Jesus, He looked at those left and said, "Do you want to go away as well?" We see here that Christ wants our reaffirmation to Him.
Firmly believing that my times are in God's hand, I here submit myself and all my affairs for the ensuing year, to the wise and gracious disposal of God's divine providence.