Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican (Luke 18:10, KJV) Jesus told His disciples an interesting parable to explain the terrible spirit I often refer to as “the religious spirit.” It is one of the worst enemies of God’s grace in your life, and Read More
The Grace of God
Believe in God and believe also in Me
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (John 14:1, KJV) Jesus spoke the words above to His followers who were struggling with His identity. The Jews who heard Him believed in Yahweh, the one true God. But they had a problem believing in Jesus, as the Messiah and Read More
What happens when the windows of heavens open up over your life
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Mark 1:10–11, KJV) God often uses the figure of a window or door of Read More
Is grace a license to sin?
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just (Romans 3:8, KJV) The message of grace has become a matter of controversy within the Church. One major reason underlying this controversy is summed up in the question Read More
Not by works of righteousness which we have done
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5, KJV) We are saved by God’s grace, and not by our works. This is the heart and soul of the Gospel. Paul reminded Titus that Read More
You will love this Christmas gift from heaven!
So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:7, ESV) The birth of Jesus meant the mystery of God, hidden for ages, was being finally rolled into effect. In our Glory & Grace Daily devotional published yesterday, I discussed God’s Read More
No more strangers and foreigners
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God (Ephesians 2:19, KJV) Paul was the Apostle of the Gentiles, and his ministry was no easy task. In the Old Testament era, the world before God was spiritually divided into two groups: Jews and non-Jews Read More
Perceiving the grace given to you and to others
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision (Galatians 2:9, KJV) After Paul’s conversion, he went to Jerusalem to meet the Read More