Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:13, KJV) You were conceived through the agency of your father and your mother. Humanly speaking, you came into being, that is, born, through your parents. In general terms, the word “born Read More
Salvation
The god of this world: why unbelievers reject Christ
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them (2 Corinthians 4:4, KJV) Have you ever wondered why unbelievers reject the Gospel? Well, since we were unbelievers before, it Read More
Called to be saints
PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints… (1 Corinthians 1:1–2, KJV) There are two types of callings for every believer. I will call Read More
Two mysteries that take place at the new birth
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26, KJV) The new birth is the gateway to a new relationship with God. When we Read More
Washed, Clothed and Anointed
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water (Leviticus 8:6, KJV) Aaron was chosen by God to be the first high priest along with his sons serving as priests. Their ordination ceremony was quite fascinating as it tells us what God did when we were also ordained as priests in the Read More
He Brought You Out So He could Bring You In!
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers (Deuteronomy 6:23, KJV) Moses reminded the Jews that the LORD brought them out of Egypt so that He could bring them into the promised land. It shows us God’s purpose for Read More
What does it mean to be one spirit with the Lord?
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17, KJV) There are a few verses in scripture that make you hold your breath when you come to understand fully what they are saying. 1 Cor. 6:17 above is one of those verses. It says whoever is joined to the Lord becomes Read More
Heaven Invading the Earth
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2, KJV) When I was a kid in Sunday School, like many of us, I was taught that when Jesus comes, He will take us from the earth into heaven and Read More