And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited (Ezekiel 36:35 KJV) The scripture often uses the figure of farmland, garden or even trees as symbolic for God’s people in general or our individual Read More
The Grace of God
Grace Labors Abundantly in and through Us
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me (1 Corinthians 15:10, KJV) We are saved by grace, and not by Read More
O Foolish Galatians!
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? (Galatians 3:1, KJV 1900) The Apostle Paul rebuked the Galatians with the stern words above “o foolish Galatians, who had bewitched you.” This is one of the most Read More
Grace Abounds Where Sin Increases
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more (Rom. 5:20 ESV) There is a spiritual proportional correlation between grace and sin. When sin increases, grace has to increase for the righteous to continue living in righteousness. This is because grace is the antidote of sin. Read More
The Sufferings of Christ and the Glory that Should Follow
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow (1 Pet. 1:11 KJV) The grace that has brought us salvation came by Jesus Christ. God did not become gracious after Jesus came. He Read More
Neither do I Condemn Thee
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more (Jn. 8:11 KJV) One beautiful day in Jerusalem, a strange event took place. A man and a woman were caught in the very act of adultery. The woman was brought to Jesus from the bed Read More
I know Your Works, Your Love and faith…
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
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