In Chapter 3 of the book of Romans, the apostle Paul quotes Psalm 14: “There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one.” Generally speaking,…
Coming to your senses is not just a trite expression, but is fundamental to every choice we make. Every choice we make has positive or negative consequences or a combination of both. The passing of time usually reveals the wisdom or foolishness of our choices. Every person makes a vast number of choices every day….
In my previous blog, I highlighted two words from John 3:16 (He Gave), referring to the Gift of salvation by God for the whole world. This Gift was His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who went to the cross of Calvary to pay the penalty for our sins. In this blog Apostolic Doctrine, I…
These two words are included in one of the most popular and beloved verses in the Bible: “For God so loved the world, that HE GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Gift of God – I thought it would be appropriate to…
The first person murder in human history was killing Abel. He was the second person to be born and was the son of Adam and Eve. He was the younger brother of Cain. Nothing is known about Abel, except that he was a “keeper of flocks” (Genesis 4:2). In other words, he raised sheep and/or…
One bright sunny morning I was sitting on my back deck and noticed a bumblebee hovering around one of our flowerpots. The bee was pollinating the flowers in the pot. More precisely, the bee was engaged in floral reproduction. I was amazed as I watched this tiny creature (no bigger than my thumbnail) go from…
The title of this blog is provocative for a reason. It’s part of an admonition in Chapter 2 of the letter to the Hebrews. The Bible contains many provocative statements such as, “How will you escape? The purpose is to get our attention and make us think about serious issues we wouldn’t ordinarily consider. The…
How often do we say to someone, “I’ll meet you there” when arranging a get together? God used this very same expression, “There I will meet with you,” some 3,500 years ago when He gave Moses the directions for building the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:22). More specifically these words referred to the lid…
In my previous blog (“Born Again” – Verb or Noun?), the discussion centered on the way into the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). As you might remember, the Lord Jesus presented the way to Nicodemus using the term, “You must be born again” and then He made reference to a serpent on a pole. Nicodemus,…
In John 3:3, Jesus told a Jewish man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus was amazed by the statement and did not understand what Jesus meant (not surprising). He would need to understand…