I am going to make a statement here that 10 years ago I would have argued against. No way would I have agreed with it. But hard experiences and further thought on God's Word have turned me around completely on...
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Is it Possible that Most Local Churches are the Creation of Man and not Christ?
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Gal 4:28-29 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. (29) But just as at that time he...
Continue ReadingIs it Possible that Most Local Churches are the Creation of Man and not Christ?This Should be Happening if a Local Church is a True Church
1John 2:19-21 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not...
Continue ReadingThis Should be Happening if a Local Church is a True ChurchEvil Recognizes Evil
Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, (20) idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, , dissensions, divisions, (21) envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned...
Continue ReadingEvil Recognizes EvilTake Care to Build on a Sound Foundation -Or Trouble’s a-brewin’
1Corinthians 3:9-15 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. (10) According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it....
Continue ReadingTake Care to Build on a Sound Foundation -Or Trouble’s a-brewin’What or Who is a Christian? Churches Don’t Seem to Know
1Jn 2:3-4 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. (4) Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in...
Continue ReadingWhat or Who is a Christian? Churches Don’t Seem to KnowA Few More Thoughts on “The Happy Church”
I recently posted the article Beware the Happy Church and add some additional thoughts this morning. Consider again the following: 1Co 11:20-30 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. (21) For in eating, each...
Continue ReadingA Few More Thoughts on “The Happy Church”The Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”
Eph 4:20-24 But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- (21) assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, (22) to put off your old self, which belongs to...
Continue ReadingThe Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”If You Stand Against Evil, Don’t Expect to Have Many Stand With You
2Ti 4:9-17 Do your best to come to me soon. (10) For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. (11) Luke alone is with me....
Continue ReadingIf You Stand Against Evil, Don’t Expect to Have Many Stand With You