The apostle Paul was once a man named Saul who was a Jew and a Pharisee and a persecutor of Christians. Then one day Jesus Christ visited him, I believe in a vision, on a road to Damascus where Saul/Paul was headed to persecute even more Christians. And it was there that Jesus Christ transformed...
Through One Man
Romans 5:12-14 ESV
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from...
“The old cross would have no truck with the world. For Adam's proud flesh it meant the end of the journey” (1) A. W. Tozer
Destroy Them Totally
Deuteronomy 7:1-6 NIV
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations… and when the...
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires...
Just because Jesus set us free from bondage to sin does not mean we will never be tempted to sin again. We will! Even Jesus was tempted of Satan, yet he never gave in to any temptation. He was without sin. But, not us.
So, what do we do when we are tempted? Better yet, what do we do to avoid...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 3:17 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Praise Be Told!” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (in the NASB) on the subject of God’s righteousness.
Righteousness - divine approval; God's judicial approval; “refers to what is deemed...