“To live is Christ, and to die is gain”Philippians 1:21
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I wrote an extensive post on forgiveness last night and decided that I'm not quite done with it. Being forgiven is simply the highest attainment in this life. It really is, because only by the forgiveness of our sins do…
Read messageSo think about this question a few moments before reading further: What is the highest state that a human being can attain unto spiritually, in terms of the Gospel of Christ? Maybe casting out devils? Getting someone hea…
Read messageIt’s just amazing as to how many people have decided to make themselves judges of the scriptures, rather than letting the scriptures judge them. One man who is part of an affiliation that believes there is no literal dev…
Read messageThis post is not about what you think it’s about from reading the title, and in fact it’s about something far more edifying and important. Did you think for instance that the title implied something about having spiritua…
Read messageToday I would like to make a particular point about the understanding of the Father and the Son. I believe that the Father and the Son is the most important doctrine of the Gospel, and therefore every point of the doctri…
Read message"Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his wor…
Read messageI’ve always hated leaving Christmas behind, so I have just one more note for the Christmas season today, in regard to the birth of Jesus. We are told the following in II Corinthians 5:21: “For he hath made him to be sin…
Read messageOver two thousand years ago an angel of the Lord appeared to several simplistic men of faith to announce the most glorious news that this world had ever heard: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the…
Read message“But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, an…
Read messageThe ancient Greek philosopher Socrates made a very wise observation about how to live in this life and be happy: “Luxury is artificial poverty, and contentment is natural wealth.” I was so taken back by this statement up…
Read messageThere is a double faceted ill that is common to mankind, and has been around since sin entered into the world. I'm talking about 'the love of money' and the 'honor of men,' the two top tier soul slayers in existence. The…
Read messageIs the new birth experience something that man can confirm by himself, and by others around him; or is there a heavenly evidence that God has provided to accompany the experience? This is a most integral question that mu…
Read messageThe reason that many people just can’t simply believe God’s love and care for them, and entrust their whole lives to him, is that he is just too good to be true. And I admit it, he really is. This world has been steeped…
Read message"And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into…
Read messageThe entire fifteenth chapter of Luke is comprised of Jesus teaching the scribes and Pharisees the lesson of being merciful. The parable of the lost sheep, and of the woman who lost one of her pieces of silver, and of the…
Read messageThe state of being truly and completely hopeless is indeed a very real thing. Same goes for having done too much evil to be redeemed. Being worthy and certain of eternal damnation is also a very real state. And not being…
Read messageI have just a few notes today from the first sermon that Jesus preached, and I firmly believe that they are worth noting: “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book,…
Read messageIt just amazes me as to how so many of God’s people do not know the Bible. Unfortunately, most people’s Bible is their particular affiliation’s slant on some of the things in the Bible, rather than a solid knowledge of w…
Read messageI had a man tell me the other night that his young daughter, about five years old, wanted to know if she would be lost because some of her hair came out when she ran a comb through it. He thought that was so sweet, seein…
Read messageToday I would like to take a look at something about the creation that shows us an irrefutable truth from which all truth proceeds. First of all let's look a a scripture that brings us to the point: "For the invisible th…
Read messageThere is no greater gift or capacity than to have what Jesus called “an ear to hear.” Often times after speaking absolute truth he would say, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” (Mat. 11:15; Mk. 4:9; Lk. 7:16). In…
Read message"And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of…
Read messageOur title today is also the name of one of the greatest and simplest faith hymns of all time. It just so happens that it was the favorite hymn of Smith Wigglesworth and William Branham, the two greatest men of God of the…
Read message“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider…
Read messageOne of the most overlooked and significant scriptures in the Bible is found in the powerful sixth chapter of first Timothy. In describing many who were of the school of thought that worldly prosperity correlates to faith…
Read messageFear is a destroying force when yielded to consistently, even as faith is an empowering force when yielded to consistently. Fear can take you a lot of places if you are willing to go along for the ride. But you may want…
Read messageIt is truly an amazing thing when you are under heavy assault from the enemy, and you feel so crushed that there is no way at all to go forward; and then Jesus sends his word to in effect raise you from the dead. I'm not…
Read messageThere is no other reality that exists other than the one that God has made and established, and that which is in his hands, meaning everything. God is the only reality, and his dominion and order reign supreme in all thi…
Read messageHave you ever felt like God has forgotten you in time of sadness and struggle? Well, you aren’t the first one to feel that way. The Psalmist expressed the same sentiment, and pleaded with the Lord about it: “Awake, why s…
Read message“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth merc…
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