And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV) Believing, as we have discussed extensively, is a human capacity to accept information as true and rely on it. This human capacity is common to all human beings, whether born again or not, just like Read More
Believing
Man believes with the heart
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10 KJV) We believe with our hearts. The heart in this verse refers to our inner life, and that inner life generally is made up of the spirit and the soul. To maintain brevity, the heart here Read More
Getting specific with our believing
“…And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world” (John 11:26–27 ESV) When Jesus came to Lazarus’ funeral, Martha’s brother, who had been dead for 4 Read More
What does it mean to believe?
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come (Matthew 11:13–14 ESV) I have maintained our focus on believing from our last Glory & Grace Live Bible study last Thursday. Let me discuss the meaning of believing in today’s Read More
He had faith to be healed
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed Acts 14:9 KJV Let me continue in this miniseries on faith and share with you a critical truth about faith. Paul was preaching one day and noticed a disabled man listening to him very intently. The scripture Read More
Believing is receiving
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10 KJV) Glory & Grace Live Bible study this week was titled “The Mystery of Believing,” and I will encourage you to carefully listen to this 30-minute teaching and understand everything in it! Believing is a human Read More
Believers perplexed and confused about believing
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10, KJV) Believing is right in our name— believers, yet few things are baffling us as the simple idea of believing. The Lord began a journey with me a while ago( I am probably still in the Read More
Why did God not make the resurrection a public event?
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it..And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men (Matthew 28:2,4, KJV) The guards who were charged to protect the Tomb Read More