Some people are believers in Jesus Christ but they desire to keep to themselves.  They see no need to be part of a “church”.  Maybe they like to pray and worship God in “Nature”, in the trees, plants, animals and rocks away from everyone else.  Or maybe they feel that if they have their Bible […]

In the beginning, God gave life.  Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”  God gave life to Adam and through him we all receive life.  In contrast to that, I am sure that […]

After Jesus was crucified, he arose from the grave on the third day.  He was with His disciples for forty days and then he ascended into heaven.  On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles and they miraculously spoke in tongues.  The apostle Peter spoke to the crowd about Jesus.  Acts […]

As a Christian, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, since the Spirit dwells in you.  Romans 8:9 “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.”  […]

As a Christian, you are to walk in the Spirit and not to follow the lusts of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16-17 “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary […]

You and I are physical people living in a physical world and yet we are called to walk in the Spirit.  Galatians 5:16-17 “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these […]

It is easy to want to be rich.  You could buy whatever you wanted whenever you wanted it.  You could purchase many of the pleasures in life.  As a rich person you wouldn’t have to worry about paying bills or buying food or where you are going to live.  Some of the important people of […]

The first Christians were Jews just as Jesus was a Jew and His apostles were Jewish.   Then God gave His Holy Spirit to Cornelius and his household to prove that Gentiles were also accepted and could receive forgiveness of their sins through Jesus Christ (Acts 10).  Afterwards, some Jewish Christians insisted that the Gentiles had […]

The apostle Paul gave the following admonition to Timothy.  1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”  Just like Timothy, you are in a fight of faith.  You are in this […]

The apostle Paul wrote thirteen of the books of the New Testament.  These books are actually letters that he wrote to churches or to individuals.  In each of these letters, he closes with a blessing that he gives to the church or individual.  A typical blessing is like the one in Romans 16:20b “The grace […]