I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first (Rev. 2:19 ESV) The Lord spoke the words above to the Church in Thyatira, one of the seven Churches in Asia addressed by the Lord in the book of Revelations. He said to the Read More
The Grace of God
Can Grace Lead to Sin?
And why not do evil that good may come?– as some people slanderously charge us with saying (Rom. 3:8 ESV) The question of whether the grace of God leads people to sin did not start today. It began from the very inception of the Gospel. Paul was accused of teaching in a way that makes Read More
The Religious Spirit Hardens the Heart
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus (Lk. 6:11 KJV) Jesus met a man who had a paralyzed arm and healed him with a complete restoration of his arm. We would think such a glorious miracle would make everyone in Jerusalem go ecstatic, right? Well, Read More
The Number One Enemy of Grace
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better (Lk. 5:39 KJV) What is the most ferocious enemy of the grace of God? Is it sin? Well, sin is the easiest thing for grace to handle. The antidote of sin is grace. All a man needs to Read More
Grace is an Experience
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit (2 Cor. 1:15 KJV) Grace encapsulates the full gamut of the manifestation of God’s kindness revealed to us in Christ in all its facets. The gift of eternal life is grace as much as the gift Read More
Charitoo
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women (Lk. 1:28 KJV) The English words “highly favoured” in the verse above are a translation of the Greek word “charitoo”. This word occurs only twice in the New Testament: Ephesians Read More
I know thy Works
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience….(Rev. 2:2 KJV) The first message to the Seven Churches in Revelations begins with the words “I know thy works.” Interestingly, the Lord says this to all of these seven Churches as He addressed each of them in Rev. 2-3. He reminds them that He knows Read More
Surrounded by Favor
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield (Ps. 5:12 KJV) The Lord will surround the righteous with favor as with a shield. What a divine privilege we have in Christ! This was a prophetic picture of what Ephesians 1:6 describes: “To the praise of the Read More