More on Safe Sin Numbers 32:23; Proverbs 28:13 “. . . and be sure your sin will find you out.” Num. 32:23 Recently there has been a great furor over a very popular and really excellent basketball player who proved to have the Aids Virus. Apparently, there was no question of it having been acquiredContinue reading “SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 2”
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SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 1
Safe Sin Genesis 3:1-4; Ezekiel 18:20-23 “But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’” (Gen. 3:4-5 ESV) From the very beginning, the old Devil has been trying toContinue reading “SAFE SIN, CHEAP GRACE, OR HOOKED – Part 1”
THE LOST VICTORY – Part 3
The Results Joshua 7:1-26 “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Gal. 6:7, 8 (ESV)Continue reading “THE LOST VICTORY – Part 3”
THE LOST VICTORY – Part 2
The Cause Joshua 7:1-26 “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matt. 6:33 (ESV) The Israelites had lost victory against the small town of Ai. Why? Were they overconfident? Were they not in fighting shape? Did they think the people of Ai were a bunchContinue reading “THE LOST VICTORY – Part 2”
THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE WORD OF GOD – Part 2
1 John 1:6-10 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, andContinue reading “THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE WORD OF GOD – Part 2”
THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE WORD OF GOD – Part 1
1 John 1:6-10 “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”Continue reading “THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE WORD OF GOD – Part 1”
SIN AND THE SANCTIFIED CHRISTIAN
1 John 2:1-2 “But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” Though we, the holiness people, have often been accused of teaching “sinless perfection,” this hasContinue reading “SIN AND THE SANCTIFIED CHRISTIAN”
BREAKING DOWN THE HEDGE IS SIN
Ecclesiastes 10:1-15 “Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 Dr. Dennis Kinlaw interprets verse 8 of our reading: “The one who breaks through a wall to enrich himself illicitly, may find this a short-cut to destruction rather than a means to gain.” SimplyContinue reading “BREAKING DOWN THE HEDGE IS SIN”
“. . .FEET SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD”
Romans 1:28-32 3:10-18 “. . .’Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.’ ‘There is no fear of God before their eyes.’” Rom. 3:15-18 (ESV) The scripture’s description of humanity is obviously not overly complimentary. It is very difficult forContinue reading ““. . .FEET SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD””
IS YOUR MONEY CLEAN?
Isaiah 53:10-12 “Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7 (NLT) While in Taiwan I had many interesting experiences. In one of my evangelistic meetings, I used an object lesson. In it, I had a white cloth heart which I daubed withContinue reading “IS YOUR MONEY CLEAN?”
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