Receiving Promises Should Be Christ-Exalting

Receiving Promises Should Be Christ-Exalting

It’s our sin, rather than God’s stinginess, that creates a blockade separating us from God’s promises.  But we know that Christ has remedied our sin problem, removing the condemnation that we deserved and granting us the power that is necessary to meet God’s...
God’s Purposes Cannot Be Thwarted

God’s Purposes Cannot Be Thwarted

After seeing how God advanced the gospel through the removal of a king in Acts 12, we need to ask ourselves: In what area do you doubt the power of the gospel?  It could be the conversion of someone who has remained hostile or even indifferent to the truth of Christ. ...
Evidence of Having the Spirit: Possessing Discernment

Evidence of Having the Spirit: Possessing Discernment

It was very obvious in the early days of the church to identify when someone had fallen away from the faith.  They left the real church and went to follow false teachers who clearly were not sanctioned by the apostles.  In our day, they just hop around to different...
Encountering God Through His Certain Word

Encountering God Through His Certain Word

There’s no doubt we experience the Spirit’s work, for instance the transforming power of the rebirth and ongoing sanctification.  But is this merely a feeling or is it objective realities that can be measured by God’s word?  Think about it this way—if someone just...