The churches in Galatia were falling prey to false teachers who had infiltrated their ranks with a corrupt gospel. These teachers promoted the necessity of circumcision and other works of the law in order to be saved. Their teaching stood in direct opposition to the gospel of God’s grace in Jesus Christ. The Apostle PaulContinue reading “Praising the Praiseworthy”
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The Praise of Zacharias
Zacharias was an elderly priest in Israel. While performing his priestly duties in the temple, the angel Gabriel announced unto him that his wife, Elisabeth (also, elderly), would give birth to a son. Because of his unbelief, Zacharias was dumb and unable to speak until the day the child was born. This child through hisContinue reading “The Praise of Zacharias”
His Name is Holy
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones” (Isaiah 57:15). This verse teachesContinue reading “His Name is Holy”
Easter and the Gospel
This past weekend was Easter weekend. In the Christian calendar we commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the very essence of the “gospel.” In our world the gospel has taken on many diverse meanings far afield from what the Scriptures declare the gospel to be. It is well to seeContinue reading “Easter and the Gospel”
God, Our Creator, Benefactor, and Savior
Nothing we own really belongs to us. The Scriptures teach “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein” (Psalm 24:1). Reflect for a moment on the sweeping implications of that truth. The ores and all minerals belong to the Lord and everything resulting from their development. AllContinue reading “God, Our Creator, Benefactor, and Savior”
He Controls Human History
In 605 B.C. Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar became the dominant world empire. That is how the history books record it. God, however, pulls back the veil and tells the real story to the prophet, Jeremiah. “Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel…I have made the earth, the man and the beast that areContinue reading “He Controls Human History”
Mary’s Conception
Six months after the angel, Gabriel, announced the birth of John the Baptist to Zacharias, he appeared unto Mary, Elisabeth’s cousin (Zacharias’ wife). On this occasion he would pronounce the great tidings that she would miraculously give birth to Israel’s Messiah: “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And behold, thou shaltContinue reading “Mary’s Conception”
Is Christ in My Christmas?
Luke records for us one of the most familiar passages in all the Scriptures, the birth of Christ. It begins, “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed…And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. AndContinue reading “Is Christ in My Christmas?”
John’s Message of Repentance
In the days immediately preceding the Lord’s earthly ministry, John the Baptist arose on the scene “preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins” (Luke 3:3). Repentance was (and still is) the necessary preparation of the heart to receive the Lord. There can be no forgiveness (remission) of sins without repentance and onlyContinue reading “John’s Message of Repentance”
The Road of False Teaching
There is only one gospel, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since the days of the early church, Satan, the destroyer of men’s souls, has provided many imitations of the true and only gospel. But there is at least one thing these false or pseudo-gospels have in common. They cannot save from sin nor deliver theContinue reading “The Road of False Teaching”
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