Holy Spirit/Ghost
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Born of God: Regeneration or Conversion?
The phrase “born of God” is only found in the first (1st) epistle of John, with one exception from his gospel. Was John’s use of this phrase in reference to regeneration or conversion?
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009The two perspectives of Eternal Salvation
There is only one salvation ever mentioned in scripture. This one salvation, however, does have two perspectives which must be rightly divided before the fullness of the glory of God can be revealed.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Does the Holy Spirit come and go depending on obedience or disobedience?
Scripture reveals that the Holy Spirit is given in measure. Scripture also reveals that we can quench the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we can quench the Spirit in certain aspects of our lives, or completely. We must put on the new man. As we put on the new man the old man is removed. As we put on Christ the carnal man is subdued.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009What change occurs at regeneration?
At regeneration one is adopted by God as His child. At regeneration one is adopted by God as His child. During regeneration a change in ownership also occurs. And there is a loosening which occurs, the shackles are removed and the way of escape is made possible.
Thursday, March 19th, 20093 Types: Galatians 4
There are three (3) types which are used throughout the scriptures. They can be found as early as Genesis and are elsewhere in the Old Testament, especially in Israel and the tabernacle. They are found in the teaching of Christ and in Paul’s epistles. This study demonstrates how Paul uses them in Galatians 4.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father
In this passage Jesus teaches that not just any man has seen the Father. He points out that only those which are of God have seen the Father.
Wednesday, November 28th, 20071 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them
Paul says that without the Holy Spirit, a person cannot know, understand, comprehend, or make any sense of things that are spiritual. Jesus taught the very same thing when He said that unless a man is born again this is not possible.
Wednesday, November 28th, 20071 Corinthians 2:11 even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God
Paul teaches that only the Holy Spirit is capable of discerning things that pertain to God. Nothing of a man is able to do this.
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, 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 [...]
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007John 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.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Matthew 3 - The winnowing fan and threshing floor
Traditional teaching attempts to persuade one to believe that this passage is that of separating the unregenerate from the regenerate, but that cannot be possible since both the grain and the chaff are derived from the same plant, which in this passage, is a child of God. Compare this to the parable of the “Wheat and Tares” where two distinct types of plants exists, each being derived from two different types of seed. In that parable the wheat is gathered together and placed into the barn. This would be customary prior to threshing and winnowing.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Is Obedience a Condition of Salvation?
Is Obedience a Condition of Salvation? That depends upon which aspect of salvation is under consideration. A proper understanding of the inheritance can aid in understanding the two aspects of salvation.
Tuesday, May 29th, 20072 Corinthians 5:17 A new creature
Galatians 6:15 says that the most important thing for a person to do is to be a new creature. Yet this passage is too often miss interpreted as describing a person who is born again. This study shows why this passage, when rightly divided, is in agreement with that of Galatians.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Ephesians 2:8 For by Grace are you saved through faith…
The obedient children of God are presently saved by grace through faith, because the reward which they receive presently, is an earnest of the gift given freely from God.
Friday, May 4th, 2007John 3:8 So is every one that is born of the Spirit
Nicodemus comes to Jesus under the cover of darkness seeking answers. Jesus reveals to him that he is able to “see” because he has been born again, being washed by the water of regeneration, but that he now needs to be converted, born of the Spirit, to “enter into” the kingdom of heaven.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007John 3:5 Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God
In John 3:5 Jesus reveals that a person must meet two conditions before he can “enter into” the kingdom of Heaven. The first condition, which he discusses in John 3:3 is regeneration and must be performed by God and is the washing of regeneration. The second condition, being born of the Spirit is known as conversion and is accomplished when a person repents and walks after the Holy Spirit.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Regeneration and Conversion explained using the life cycle of a tree
Yet another attempt to explain the difference between regeneration and conversion. This time I have used the life cycle of a tree in hopes that the differences will be more readily identified. Also identified are the three possible conditions of man, unregenerate, regenerate (non-converted), and the regenerate (converted).
Friday, April 13th, 2007A visualization of the Salvation Process
The vast majority of God’s children have been lead into bondage by their shepherds. They have fallen victims to the teachings that they must believe, attend church regularly, give money, volunteer, etc… in order to prove they have achieved eternal salvation. If they do not perform they are considered as those who were not truly saved and are heading for eternal damnation. This is exactly the same teaching of the Pharisees and exactly what Christ’s and the Apostles preached against. Find out the truth and be set free from this bondage.
Sunday, February 4th, 2007Salvation - Eternal vs. Temporal
Salvation - Eternal vs. Temporal is a study that examines the concept of salvation provided in the present as opposed to that which we receive when our time here has ended.
Sunday, February 4th, 2007John 6 Living Forever vs. Having Eternal Life
Living Forever vs. Having Eternal Life is a study of Jesus’ teachings concerning the eating of the bread and the drinking of His blood found in John 6.