Category: Christianity 401
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119 Dead to Sin, Alive to Christ!
Romans Chapter 7 poses two dilemmas for anyone trying to live righteously. The first is “how to be dead to sin and alive to God.” In other words, how do I stop sinning so that I might live for God? I try to be good, but no matter how I try, I can’t be good…
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118 Who you obey is master over you!
The New Testament is divided into three parts: the four Gospels- Matthew Mark, Luke, and John, the 22 Epistles, and finally the Prophetic book of Revelations for a total of 27 books. The word Epistle is Greek for “letter” as in a correspondence. The only difference between an epistle and a letter is that a…
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117 Faith that pleases God!
117 Faith that pleases God! As we continue our series on grace, law, and faith I want to continue on our focus on faith. Faith is such an essential aspect of the Christian life; faith opens the door to heaven’s blessings and provisions. Faith is how we “connect” with the Lord.
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116 Faith, Grace, and Law!
116 Faith, Grace and Works Faith in the original Greek is “Pistis,” and a Bible Dictionary defines faith as; persuasion, credence, moral conviction, assurance, belief or, fidelity.
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115 Grace, Law and Righteousness!
As we continue to look at the difference between Grace and Law, let me begin with the last message’s conclusion. “As human beings, we focus on the act of sin, which is the breaking of the Ten Commandments, but the breaking of the individual commandments reveals a deeper issue… disbelieving God and what He has…
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114 Grace and Law, What’s the Difference?
The title of this teaching is “Law or Grace what’s the difference?” I’m describing these two terms as mutually exclusive. Simply put, it is one or the other, but both cannot apply at the same time. The Apostle Paul makes a strong case that if you believe salvation is due to the observance of the…