by Admin | May 1, 2019 | Bible Study, Life Lessons
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.“ —Jesus Mt 7:13-14 (NIV)
THE SMALL GATE AND NARROW THE ROAD
Just how small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life? Notice that there are two things that must be found to obtain life? The small gate and the narrow road.
The Greek word for ‘small’ is ‘stenos’ meaning strait: Which is a narrow and sometimes dangerous passage that connects two large bodies of water.
Therefore the small gate is a narrow passage between two large kingdoms, the world’s kingdom and the kingdom of Heaven. It’s a very narrow and difficult to navigate suggesting (more…)
by Admin | Apr 3, 2019 | Bible Study
“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it.” —Leviticus 2:1 (NIV)
Have you ever wondered why the grain offering would have incense added to it? Well I have. For some reason I toil over these obscure questions sometimes ruminating for years. The oil is understandable; but incense? Who wants incense or perfume on their bread?
Also, Jesus said he came to fulfill the law.¹ So how did He fulfill it in this instance? (more…)
by Admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Bible Study
Have you made Jesus Lord of your life? Or have you ever prayed for Jesus to come into your heart, or asked Jesus to come into your life, or even accepted Jesus, or said the sinners prayer, or did you ever pray to Jesus for forgiveness of your sin? Then you must read this article.
Why?
The main reason is that Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” —Matt. 7:21 (NIV) — Jesus makes it very clear that not everyone who calls Him Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven!
Therefore, if you call yourself a follower of Jesus it is incumbent upon you and (more…)
by Admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Bible Study
Faith Alone vs. Faith plus works of God
Lately, I’ve heard a lot of talk regarding faith, the works of God and the works of man coming from the —Salvation by Faith Alone crowd.
Before I go on I would like to define —Salvation by Faith Alone.
“Any work or effort, done by anyone to reach God or to attain a relationship with Him, is completely without merit and unable to satisfy any requirement necessary for a relationship with God at all. Said efforts will leave one devoid of God and not in a relationship with Him at all and this being no matter how one thinks or feels. Therefore, absolutely nothing a person can do within and by one’s own ability can be of use to attain God.”
This doctrine is primarily derived from two verses.
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by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Bible Study
Breakdown of Jesus conversation in John 7:21…
By Chris Hosmer
by Admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Bible Study
When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well their discussion quickly became spiritual. Jesus concluded by saying, “Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:21-24
What does it mean to worship in Spirit and in truth? (more…)