I have discovered that people have different reasons for becoming a Christian.  Many respond because of fear.  They know their sinfulness and don’t want to go to the lake of fire spoken of in Revelation 21:8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the […]

The world will tell us that we deserve lots of things.  We deserve to be treated fairly; we deserve certain benefits from the government; we deserve respect; we deserve a good price on something.  They mean that these things are owed to us; they are our right.  If we don’t get what we deserve, we […]

As Christians, we are to love one another.  Others will know we are Christians by the love that we have for one another (John 13:35).  We share much in common with our fellow Christian as opposed to those in the world.  We share a common heavenly Father, a common Savior, a common salvation, a common […]

Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for us.  He took the penalty for our sins.  He is our High Priest to the Father.  God has now made a new covenant or contract with us. Hebrews 10:16-17 “’This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days’, says the Lord: ‘I will […]

We understand that faith is essential to us as Christians.  We are saved by grace through faith.  Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”  We are justified by faith.  Romans 3:28 “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by […]

Jesus promised to return for us.  John 14:1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place […]

After the flood, God made a covenant with every living creature on the earth.  Genesis 9:12-13 “And God said: ’This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:  I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be […]

In Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7, Jesus went upon a mountain and gave His disciples many important teachings.  These teachings are known as the Sermon on the Mount.  At the end of His instruction, He gave the following in Matthew 7:24-27 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken […]

What do you understand about the kind of God that we have?  Some people understand God to be the creator of the universe, but once He created it and set everything in motion, He just sits back and watches what happens without interacting with His creation.  Other people see God as a critical, vengeful God […]

The Bible contains the words of God given to Jesus, to His apostles and to other men of God; they in turn passed His words to us.  God wants us to know His words so that we can live by them.  Matthew 4:4 “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live […]