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• What Can We Learn From GEDALIAH & ISHMAEL in Jeremiah 40-41?

  The very purpose of Old Testament accounts is to teach believers in the New Covenant era, as observed in Romans 15:4 and 1 Corinthians 10:11. So, what can we learn from the story of Gedaliah and Ishmael from Jeremiah 40:7-41:15? The setting of this passage is just after the Babylonian conquest of Judah and the corresponding fall of […]

• Did Christ Advocate Self-Amputation in Mark 9:43-47?

  Let’s read the passage in question: 43“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [44] b 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to […]

• What Is the MYSTERY OF THE AGES?

  The plainest answer to this question can be found in this passage: 24Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25I have become its servant by the commission […]

• Dealing With DEMONIC POSSESSION

  In the Bible it is observed that the Lord delivered people from demons who induced insanity, deafness, muteness and infirmity (Mark 5:1-20, 9:17-29 & Luke 13:10-16). It’s clear from the scriptural evidence that being possessed (or oppressed) by an evil spirit can induce mental or physical ailments. Such demons are “spirits of infirmities,” which we’ll […]

• The Foundation of the Fear of the LORD and Humility

  The “fear of the LORD” isn’t talked about much in Christian circles these days, including sermons. Why? Possibly because the Mighty LORD has been essentially reduced to a cuddly teddy bear in the sky or perhaps a genial genie. The idea that the Almighty Sovereign God—the Creator of all things in Heaven, Earth & the […]

• Did Job CAUSE His Satanic Attacks Through Fear?

  Way back in the ’80s I heard a minister claim that Job opened the door to the devil’s extraordinary attacks through fear (Job 1-2), which he argued is backed-up by this statement from Job: “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me” Job 3:25 This is still taught today […]

• What Is LEGALISM and Its Four “Limbs”?

  Here’s a summary of general legalism and its four “limbs”: General Legalism refers to legalism in general. It’s an obsession with legalities and could just as well be described as law-ism or rule-ism. It’s the emphasis on the outer at the expense of the inner. As such, outward conformity to the letter of the law […]

• What Is the “Book of Remembrance” in Malachi 3:16?

  Let’s read the verse in question: Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll [book] of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. Malachi 3:16 Contextually, Malachi was saying that the LORD had not forgotten “those […]

• How Can You HEAR FROM GOD?

  The Bible reveals seven general ways that you can hear from the LORD and discern Divine will on a matter: 1. Through the Holy Scriptures The Judeo-Christian Scriptures are said to be “God-breathed” and therefore it’s “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). Every believer has an anointing to receive […]

• Why Did Jesus Say THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR?

  Both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ preached that the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God was near: 1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”  Matthew 3:1-2 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the […]