There are two kinds of sin recorded in the Bible. Sinning to death and sinning not to death. 1 John 5:16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin… Continue reading There are two kinds of sin
Category: Sin
There is no internal struggle over sin; only a simple resting in the righteousness of Christ
When I speak on the truth that we are to focus only on righteousness rather than sin, the question is asked concerning Romans 7: 14-25. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do,… Continue reading There is no internal struggle over sin; only a simple resting in the righteousness of Christ
The Lord is my escape hatch
“As we study history, we must first understand that we never learn anything from history.” And so, it is—each generation seems to repeat the same mistakes made by previous generations. You would think that every member of the human race was in the same position as Adam and Eve—each one picking and eating the forbidden… Continue reading The Lord is my escape hatch
Winner or loser?
What are the true values that exist in the Kingdom of God? We read in Matthew 16:24–26: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If any one wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever… Continue reading Winner or loser?
Walking free from from oppression
None of us can walk away from loyalties, and responsibilities, from the actual word of God that gives us a relationship and a duty toward parents, toward church, toward every situation, but we must remember we are serving the Lord first. All is lost if there is not a walk with God—a walk in which… Continue reading Walking free from from oppression
The law of the jungle or the law of the King
The New Testament begins with an amazing book called Matthew, written by a renegade Jew who became a publican. People in those days when referring to sinners would say, “publicans and sinners,” because a publican was an appointee of the Roman government to collect taxes. You must picture the deep, intense loyalty that existed, almost… Continue reading The law of the jungle or the law of the King
Why the wipe-out?
God has a will and when He exercises His will, this is what happens: we become a product of the living word. The word that God is bringing forth now has created and directed us. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be… Continue reading Why the wipe-out?
The danger of evasion
We read in I Kings 13:1–10, Behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. Jeroboam was concerned about turning the ten tribes in the north to idolatry, for if they continued with the Law of Moses… Continue reading The danger of evasion
I will go before thee
This message will involve three passages from the twenty-sixth chapter of Matthew. The first starts at verse 31. Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’ But after I… Continue reading I will go before thee
Betrayal
There are always many decisions that must be made for the brethren, the churches, and the different projects that are before us. As I feel my own inadequacy for this, I realize that a growing tide is coming in the walk, that of almost despising the humility which confesses, “I don’t know, but I’ll seek… Continue reading Betrayal
Murmuring
The foolishness of man subverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the Lord. Proverbs 19:3. We go through many experiences in this walk with the Lord, that closely parallel events in the lives of men in the Scriptures. Recently I wandered through four consecutive chapters in the book of Exodus, noting people’s reactions to… Continue reading Murmuring
The enemy within
The victory in which we walk is the victory of Christ, won at the cross. Do not think of the cross merely as an instrument of His torture and humiliation, but as the area of conflict where the victory of the Lord was wrought. But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits… Continue reading The enemy within
The divided heart and the half-baked cake
Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Hosea 7:8. Ephraim is a cake not turned—half-baked. The term “half-baked” is not a compliment. To say that someone is half-baked means that he is lacking something. In other words, he is deficient. That is what God said about Ephraim. He mixed… Continue reading The divided heart and the half-baked cake
Lord, is it I ?
Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at… Continue reading Lord, is it I ?
Rebellion is as witchcraft
Saul had failed as king to obey the Lord where the Amalekites were involved. He kept some of the animals alive supposedly for sacrifice instead of utterly destroying them. Samuel reproved Saul and said, Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. It would be better to obey… Continue reading Rebellion is as witchcraft
Implicit obedience from an honest heart
Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And it came about at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be observed… Continue reading Implicit obedience from an honest heart
A sharp sword to cut deep
“Draw Up Your Battle Lines against Babylon on every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows …” Jeremiah 50:14 speaks about the deadly arrows of God that are aimed at what is left of Babylon in each one of us. The Living Word of the… Continue reading A sharp sword to cut deep
The sin nature
The word sin in the Greek is hamartia a noun-which means to be without a share in. the root of the word consists of two words ( a- without and meros meaning a part due or assigned to one, a lot, inheritance or destiny). So sin means not a part of or not having a… Continue reading The sin nature
If I regard iniquity in my heart
Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard (or if I had looked with favor, if I had approved), iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not… Continue reading If I regard iniquity in my heart
Dying in the way
So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel. Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor. And it came about when she was in severe labor that the midwife said to her, “Do… Continue reading Dying in the way
There were two trees in the garden
GENESIS 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This simple statement lays the fundamentals of the kind of… Continue reading There were two trees in the garden
Honesty of heart
It is as we learn how to maintain a right spirit where our spirit is fellowshipping with God; that we will find that it is not that difficult to submit to anything the Lord requires of us. It is when our spirit is out of fellowship with God, where our spirit is not communing with… Continue reading Honesty of heart
Keeping short accounts with God
One of the most remarkable statements in God’s Word is found in Acts 13: ACTS 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which… Continue reading Keeping short accounts with God
The law of heredity
We need to understand the law of heredity. When Abraham offered tithes to Melchizedek his unborn great grandson Levi was involved in it. It was as if Levi himself was offering tithes to Melchizedek. What Abraham was doing involved his grandson. The law of heredity worked against us in the first Adam. Because Adam decided… Continue reading The law of heredity
Two Adams
In order to experience the life Jesus came to give us we need to understand the new nature we receive from Jesus and the old nature we received from Adam. If we don’t know what happened to Adam when he fell, then we are not going to know what we can experience in Christ. We… Continue reading Two Adams
What is sin?
The word sin in the Greek is hamartia which is a noun; it means to be without a share in. It comes from the root word hamartánō to sin which is a verb which comes from the root word meros meaning a part due or assigned to one, a lot, or destiny So sin means… Continue reading What is sin?
Sin
The word sin in the Greek is hamartia a noun-which means to be without a share in. It comes from the root word and is equivalent to hamartánō-to sin which is a verb which comes from the root words 1- a- without and 2- meros meaning a part due or assigned to one, a lot,… Continue reading Sin
Sin
The word sin in the Greek is hamartia a noun-which means to be without a share in. It comes from the root word and is equivalent to hamartánō to sin which is a verb which comes from the root words a– without and meros meaning a part due or assigned to one, a lot, inheritance… Continue reading Sin