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The grace of God that has brought salvation has appeared to ALL MEN. (Titus 2:11) Not to just a select few, but to ALL MEN. The scriptures teach that God desires ALL MEN to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim. 2:4). He does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezk...

Paul and Silas were in a Roman jail. It was about midnight, and they had been praying and singing hymns to God. The other prisoners were listening to them. How much the jailer actually heard is uncertain because he was asleep when an earthquake shook the foundations of the prison and...

Paul said the things that happened in the Old Testament were “our examples” (verse 6) and written for our admonition so that we might learn from them not to sin “as some of them”. There are many stories in the Old Testament that teach wonderful lessons for us and are supported by scriptures in...

Paul says the things that were written in the Old Testament are “our examples” verse 6, so that we should not sin as they did, and “they were written for our admonition. One version says for our learning. Many of the stories in the Old Testament have wonderful spiritual lessons for us today in...

Verse 14: “If some one says he has faith but does not have works, can faith save him?” It’s a rhetorical question; and the answer is “no.” This is his premise and the rest of the verses in this chapter support and prove this premise. Note: the “works” talked about here are works that “save” ...

The context surrounding a verse is so important. Verses are not little “islands”. Sitting all by themselves in a “sea” of words. The context of a passage is necessary to get a true understanding of the passage. In John 10, Jesus is using an analogy of a shepherd and his sheep. Obviously...

Most religious people think ALL works are bad. Actually, the Bible talks about both BAD works and GOOD works. Let’s start with the bad works first. BAD WORKS EPHESIANS 2:9- “…not of works lest anyone should BOAST.” What are “boastful” works? I suppose those are works that...

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MARRIAGE: —Genesis 2:24 - “A man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh.” —Matthew 19:4-6 - “…What God has joined together, let not man separate.” —Hebrews 13:4 - “Marriage is honorable…but fornicators and...

Jesus said He would build His church in Matthew 16:18. Notice He said church—singular, not “churches” —plural. Jesus built one church. There were many congregations but 1 church. For example, you have a Baptist church, it is 1 church but with many Baptist congregations all over the place...

Jesus said in Mark 16:16–“He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. But he that does not believe shall be condemned.” The reason “baptism” is not mentioned in the second half of that scripture is because no unbeliever would ever be baptized. So it was not necessary for Jesus to say...

Jesus said He would build His church in Matt. 16:18. The church was always in the future tense until Acts 2. It was 50 days after Jesus’s death, on the day of Pentecost, AD 33. After Peter’s sermon, ( JESUS said He would give Peter “the Keys to the kingdom”.), 3000 Jews obeyed Peter’s command...

The Allegory of the old Jewish law and New law of Christ with Haggar and Sarah. Galations 4:21-31 Paul starts out by saying that Abraham had 2 sons—one (Ishmael) by a bondwoman (Haggar) and another (Issac) by a free woman (Sarah). Sarah was Abraham’s wife. She was born free. But...

Saul of Tarsus persecuted Christians UNTIL…he met Jesus on the road to Damascus. Acts 9 He was blinded by a very bright light but Jesus talked to him and told him,” I am Jesus…” Saul BELIVED and asked Jesus, “What do you want me to do?” Let’s just stop right here and ask yourself what do...

In a previous post, I discussed how there were 3 different laws in the Bible. The first was the Patriarchal law (Genesis) that was universal for all people and races. (Called the law of the father’s). Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Joseph all lived under this law. Then God chose a...

In 2 Timothy 2:19, The scriptures talk about “rightly dividing the word of truth. Many misunderstandings arise from not knowing how to divide the Bible. The first division we need to understand is the distinction between the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Old Testament we learn...

In Acts 9 we read about the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. We can learn a lot from his experience. (1) Saul, having received permission from the Jews in Jerusalem, was traveling to the city of Damascus to arrest any Christians he might find there. He was known for his persecution of Christians...

No. There is no such thing as saying a sinner’s prayer to be saved in the Bible. This is a commandment of men. Matthew 15:9 says they were teaching FOR DOCTRINE the commandments of men. And their worship was vain or useless I affirm that saying a sinner’s prayer to be saved is vain totally...

To say we are not saved by works is to say we are not saved by faith because the Bible says faith is a work. John 6:29. To say we are not saved by works is misleading. There are at least 3 or 4 different kinds of works talked about in the Bible. Some works we are not saved by are the works of...

The Old Testament law of Moses was never given to gentiles. It was for God’s special people, the Jews. (Deuteronomy 5:2, 3) To be under that law you would have to become a Jewish proselyte, the same as today. The gentiles had their own law which by the way was the same one in effect BEFORE the...