It is almost beyond our mental capabilities to picture the events that Revelation chapter sixteen describes. The world, in all its horrors, has never witnessed such misery, war and destruction which are catalogued in this section of Holy Writ!The final set of judgments which are poured forth from “bowls of judgments” will deluge the inhabitants […]
Category: Sanctification
The Way of Man
Apparently, Proverbs 21:2 and Proverbs 16:2 clarify the fact that a man’s motive—the underlying aspect of the heart which God’s ponders—is the driving force of the “way of a man.” With God motives matter greatly.While it is true that Jesus gave the illustration of a son asking his father for bread that the father, being […]
Holiness is milk and liberty is meat
Love not the world is pretty simple to understand. Why Bob’s conscience will allow him to do things that are a sin for Lucy is difficult to grasp. Holiness preaching is not some advanced subject for grad students. Babies need to know as part of their foundational knowledge that God is holy and requires us […]
The Lawful vs The Expedient
Why is sexual immorality considered to be “sinning against one’s own body?” Mainly because the Bible declares it to be in I Cor 6. However, just exactly does that term signify? What sets this act apart from others? While the consumption of drugs or alcohol (and other various sins) “harms one’s body” then it becomes […]
Seared Instead of Sacred!
Seared Instead of Sacred! 1Ti 4:1-2 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” — Far too many people have an unconscious conscience. Most people seem […]
The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust
The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust Matthew 5-27-30 Let’s define this thing called “lust.” Many portray lust like an animal instinct for sex, but that’s not quite accurate. Animals don’t really lust at all. They simply respond to instinct. Once or twice a year the female of any given species will emit the proper […]
A Half Dozen Reasons Not To Sin
A Half Dozen Reasons Not To Sin Why is it that we fall into the same traps over and over again? Why is it that we believe the same lies long after they have been exposed? Why is it that we make a habit of doing wrong even when we desire what is right. Could […]
The Power To Change
The Power To Change 2 Timothy 3:16-2 If there is one thing we desperately need in the Church today, it is for our people to be continuously transformed by God. We need to get into His Word until His Word gets into us! We need to see change in a lot of areas in this […]
Worldliness is at the Gates!
Worldliness is at the Gates! Isaiah would prophesy to a people who were ever hearing, but never understanding; ever seeing, but never perceiving. Their hearts were calloused, their ears dull, and their eyes were closed. They say to Isaiah and the other prophets: “See no more visions! Give us no more visions of what is […]
What About The Sin Of Bathsheba ?
” WHAT ABOUT THE SIN OF BATHSHEBA ? ” ~~~> { an open letter to the Apostolic women ) <~~~ “And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; […]