What should be our response to God be? The answer can be in one of two ways. These are in faith or in unbelief. The only one of these ways that will please God is in faith. When a man responds to God in unbelief, it has many forms: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, […]
Tag: Paul
The Sting of Death is Sin
(1 Corinthians 15:54-57) “So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; […]
The Resurrection of the Dead
There will be a resurrection of the dead. Some of the Corinthians were not so sure. They were more than doubting, they were saying that there would not be a resurrection of the dead. Paul had preached that there would be a resurrection of the dead when he first came to Corinth. He had preached […]
Living As A New Man (Part 4)
(Romans 8:4) “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” There were many people in Paul’s day that believed the only way to be righteous came by keeping the law. Yet, Paul says that the law cannot be kept, because of the weakness […]
Living As A New Man (Part 3)
Part 3: The New Man and The Holy Spirit “Two natures beat within my breast. The one is foul…the one is blessed. The one I love…the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate!” (Romans 8:1) “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, […]
Living As A New Man (Part 2)
Part 2: Sin and the New Man (Romans 6:5-6) “For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve […]
Death, Sin and Grace
(Romans 5:20) “Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” (Romans 6:1-4) “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so […]
The Process of Growing in Grace
(2 Peter 3:18) “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.” (Romans 5:1-5) “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace […]
Redemption, God Bought Us Back
“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God (Romans 1:1).“ Paul, at the beginning of the book of Romans, tells us just who he is and what he is going to write about. Paul is his name, and he is a slave of Jesus Christ and being a […]