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How Does the Holy Spirit CONVICT People?
Here’s what Christ said about the Holy Ghost convicting people who are separate from God: But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him..
12th August 2023
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What Does It Mean That THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD?
Let’s read the passage in question with focus on verse 13: 11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before..
31st July 2023
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Why Did God Allow THE BLACK DEATH and So Many to Die?
There are several examples of the Almighty bringing pestilence on certain peoples at certain times as a judgment against sin/rebellion (e.g. 2 Samuel 24:15 wherein 70,000 died). When God’s judgment falls upon the Earth during the future 7-year Tribulation there will be plagues (e.g. Revelation 6:8 & 18:8). But this..
9th June 2023
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What Is FAULTFINDING? What’s Wrong With It?
Jude warned believers in the 1st Century about false teachers; notice how he describes them: These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. Jude 1:16 The one description we want to focus on is ‘faultfinder.’..
3rd May 2023
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What Can We Learn From JOB’S “FRIENDS”?
In the first two chapters of the book of Job we observe Job being hailed by God as a blameless, upright man with “no one on earth like him” (Job 1:8). Satan responds by arguing that Job was devout simply because God blessed him. In other words, he was “in it”..
18th November 2022
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God Deals With People ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THEY HAVE
The LORD deals with people according to the light they have. Once we have revelation of a certain truth we are responsible for living according to it (or living in light of it). This can be observed in a few key passages, like these: Jesus said, “For judgment I have..
27th December 2021
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What Is the AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY?
All people born into this world since Adam & Eve were born with a sinful nature (Romans 5:17), which explains why David said “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5). The “age of accountability” addresses the age that God begins holding..
4th February 2021
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UNIVERSALISM, as well as Inclusivism, Restrictivism, Purgatory and the Judgment Seat of Christ
Will everyone be saved eventually, as universalism teaches, or are there conditions for receiving God’s gracious gift of reconciliation and eternal life? Will there be an opportunity for salvation after death? What about those who have never heard the gospel? Is there any truth to the concept of “purgatory”? Will authentic believers be judged after their earthly life?
4th March 2016
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Does God Reserve All Judgment UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE?
Does God reserve all judgment until the end of the age? Some people think so, but what does the New Testament say?
7th January 2016
