Tag: Faith
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Children Of Faith
(Romans 9:6-13) When Abraham walked the earth he lived a righteous life. He chose to follow the ways of God and he believed that God could do anything. He understood that when God was testing him by asking that he offer his son Isaac, through whom he had been told by God that his descendants…
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A Question of Predestination
(Romans 8:29-30) Every now and then I come across some scripture that leaves me stumped, and the question of predestination is one of those. Here in Romans 8 is one such scripture. This verse is quoted by the proponents of predestination as proof positive that this is the way God chooses people to be saved.…
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No Condemnation
(Romans 8:1-4) This scripture would have to be one of the most quoted verses amongst Christians in the bible. And yet it is also one of the least understood. But when we understand the power of these words and the blessing that the Lord has bestowed upon us in the unselfish and obedient act of…
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Faith Like Abraham
(Romans 4:16-21) When it comes to the old prophets, teachers and patriarchs of the bible, Abraham stands out as being THE man of the faith. All of us today along with those spoken of in bible times and everyone in between look to Abraham as our father, either as a direct descendant in the case…
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Where There Is No Law
(Romans 4:13-15) Here is an interesting question worth considering, because it goes to the heart of what the New Covenant is all about. Do you need the law? Man reveres law because they seek order and structure. We see this reverence for law in the way that the law and lawyers are depicted in books,…
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Righteousness of God
(Romans 3:21-22) The righteousness of God does not depend upon, nor is it based upon works of the law. As I showed in my last post, the law served to show what sin is and to give man the knowledge of sin. The law is NOT sin but it showed sin up for what it…
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It Doesn’t Matter What You Think
(Romans 3:1-4) There is a saying that has been doing the rounds for a while that goes something like this. “Atheists don't believe in God, but God doesn't believe in atheists.” The essence of this saying is basically what this section of Romans 3 is all about. It doesn't matter what you or I or…
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Seeing But Not Believing
(Romans 1:18-23) They say there are none so blind as they who will not see. And this is an apt and accurate description for those who choose to reject a God and seek to understand the world around us without accepting His sovereign power. They also say that seeing is believing and many reject God…
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Healing Hands
(Acts 28:7-10) One of the foundations of Christianity includes laying on of hands. There were six key foundational concepts recorded in the book of Hebrews. We see these foundations defined in Hebrews 6:1-2. 1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance…
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Resurrection
(Acts 26:1-8) Paul makes a fascinating exclamation at the end of this section of scripture as he addresses Agrippa the king. He says, Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? Of all the many doctrines and teachings of Christianity, resurrection is the single most important and the…
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Making Things Happen
(Acts 25:13-27) There is an old saying that goes like this. “There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened.” Christians fall into the first group. We make things happen. Not in the sense that the world understands, but in the spirit.…
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Enlightened by the Holy Spirit
(Acts 23:1-11) Here we see that the Roman authorities had been puzzled as to the negative and violent reaction of the Jews against Paul on his return to Jerusalem. They had intended to flog Paul with whips to find the truth of the matter, but stopped short on discovering he was a Roman citizen. Their…
