Inheritance (Earnest)
« Previous Entries Saturday, November 10th, 2007Genesis 3: The fall of Man - a shadow of Regeneration and Conversion
When Adam ate of the fruit of the forbidden tree, the result that occurred is often referred to as the “Fall of Man“. This is an appropriate name and for the most part is correctly taught. However, many specific details concerning this event are over looked and because of this, error abounds and truth is [...]
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007John 6 - I am that bread of life
When Jesus is tempted in the wilderness, he reveals a great truth in his rebuke of the tempter as He proclaims, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Wednesday, October 31st, 20071 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins
Christ suffered one time, a single act for all of whom He was the sacrificial offering, the righteous for the unrighteous; the innocent for the guilty. “Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself”. “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many”, for if this were not true, then “must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world”, each time a person believed and converted.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Ephesians 1:13-14 In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth
Having been given the greatest inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation; if the person will put his trust in this gospel message and believe, he will receive the earnest of it.
Tuesday, October 16th, 20071 Corinthians 3:13-15 Every man’s work shall be made manifest
All will suffer loss, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God, and continue to do so every day. They are all sinners, there is none righteous. But our loss is limited by our obedeince.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Hebrews 12:6-8 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God. If you think your earthly father punished you, be even more affraid of the hand of God, when in His wrath He punishes His disobedient children.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner
There are two types of children, those who are obedeint and those who are disobedient or rebellious. God deals with each of these types in different ways. The obedient are regarded as precious, and the disobedient are chastened. That is the proper teaching of these passages.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Matthew 3:11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:
There are several passages where fire is used by God in chastening His children, and is described as a purification, such as removing impurities from gold. It is this fire to which John makes reference in this passage.
John makes reference to two possible outcomes for the children of God. If they believe and are obedient, they [...]
John 15:1-6 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Whether a tree or a branch, the primary lesson is that if a person does not produce fruit, he will be removed from the source that permits him to be fruitful.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007John 6:27-30 Working the works of God
There are required works which God has ordained that we should perform, if we are to walk in obedience to Him.
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