Remind Me Again A brief thought about 2 Peter 1:2–11 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own…
In our heart, we want to have godly attitudes and actions, but the flesh sometimes (maybe even often) results in our failure to do that. Ungodly attitudes and actions happen when the temptation of the worldly way of living by what seems best to our senses draws us away from the godly responses and behaviors we truly want.
You are Forgiven Dear One in whom the Spirit dwells, Father keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 13:5) Father is not counting your sins against you. (2 Corinthians 5:19) Father said He no longer remembers your sins. (Hebrews 8:12) Jesus died for sin once for all time. (Romans 6:10, Hebrews 7:27, 1 Peter 3:18)…
Trust and Godliness The more we trust God, the more we act like we trust God. Trust grows as we get to know Him better. This isn’t only knowing more about Him but knowing Him intimately and relationally. As we see Him work in our lives and the lives of those we know, we see…
What Jesus Did 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 (NASB 2020) 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely,…
Thoughts on Sin and Godliness Sin is attitudes and actions that are ungodly. Scripture tells us that whatever is not of faith is sin—so living a life characterized by faith would be godly.Scripture tells us that sin is transgression of the law—since we are not under the law, sin is not counted against us. The…
Sabbath Rest for You The New Covenant is the Sabbath rest that remains for the people of God. Hebrews 4:9–11 “9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let…
My advice for those who struggle with this is to give up on worrying about praying. If necessary, take some time off and don’t feel badly about it.
Correction and Discipline Hebrews 12:6 (KJV 1900) 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. This passage has caused all sorts of unrest for believers. None of us wants to experience the pain of punishment from the Almighty God. This passage is doubly difficult to swallow because there…
Knowing You Are Free Saint, It is only our mental patterns and habits of thinking that cause us to think we’re not free. The enemy capitalizes on this and makes sure that everything in the world reenforces fleshly thinking. Freedom from the power of sin does not mean that we immediately stop sinning. It means…
How to Walk Worthy of the Lord Jesus made us the very righteousness of God in Himself. At the core, our spirit, we are worthy. We walk worthy when dependance on God characterizes our lives. So, living by faith in Him is walking worthy of Him. Trusting that Holy Spirit is leading and directing us…
Covenant Overview In Genesis God related to people based on faith. That’s why we read things like “Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.” God made a Covenant with Abraham in which He promised an inheritance to Abraham’s children. The Covenant was ratified (put into effect) by blood. It was a…
Forgiveness and Life Many in the church have been taught that salvation is the forgiveness of sins. That is correct, but it is only half of the Gospel. Yes, Jesus died to pay the price for your sins and yes, that means you are completely forgiven. But that’s not all Jesus did. He also rose…
Why Not Sin As a boy, I understood that the reason I should not sin was so that I would not be punished. I observed that when I misbehaved, my parents punished me. I learned in church that God was much the same. The result was predictable. I tried to be good, but I failed…
God IS First All I’m saying is that once we have believed and are in Christ, we have prioritized Him above all else. No further actions designed to give Him more preeminence in our lives is necessary—He is our life! The life we now live in the flesh we live by faith in Him. (see…
Father’s Gentle Leading If you’ve followed my writing for a while you may know that I was raised in a very legalistic church and even preached legalism in the past. The changes that Father made in my theological understanding and my knowledge of who He truly is are astounding and freeing. A while back someone…
Righteous Addiction When you were born of the Spirit, you were made righteous and immersed into Christ. If you weren’t righteous, you could not be in Him, and He could not live in you. (Romans 6, Galatians 2:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21, etc.) It isn’t that God sees you as righteous, it’s that you actually are…
Prophesy or Fortune Telling Anyone who says that God has given them a prophecy for you can safely be ignored. This sort of thing is simply not Biblical. Nowhere outside the record of the Hebrew nation in the Old Covenant do we ever see a single prophecy given to an individual. This is fortune telling…
Prayer for Salvation If you hear that prayer doesn’t save you all that means that it isn’t the act of praying that saves you. There is no magic incantation that causes spiritual rebirth. Prayer is communicating with God. If the way someone expresses their faith to God is prayer, then they have faith in God…
Romans 14 Romans 14:1-23 (KJV) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. “Doubtful disputations: not for the purpose of passing judgement on their opinions – It’s easy go into a discussion looking for places we can prove the other person wrong and get them to see things…
Security and Comfort in Christ My dad lived through the Great Depression. Between ages 11 and 21 (1929 and 1939) Dad lived without having ample supply. He was fortunate to live on a dairy farm, so he was able to trade for many goods he could not buy, but the years of lack took a…
He Dwells in You Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Listen to who Colossians 1:15-20 says is in you. The One who is the image of the invisible God. The One who created all things. The One for whom all things were created.The One who is before…
Secure in Love Romans 8:35-39 – – a synopsis. We cannot be separated from the love of God. The love of God is in Christ Jesus, and the great thing about that is that we are also in Christ Jesus. We face many evil things in life. A few of them are:TribulationDistressPersecutionFaminePerilWarDeath None of these…
Love is Your Home God’s love is perfected in those in whom He dwells.God’s love is perfected in those who dwell in Him. Love is the natural result of abiding (dwelling) in Christ.Love is the natural result of Christ abiding (dwelling) in us. This perfects (makes complete) God’s love because that love is now willingly…
The Way it Should Be The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the cause of our tendency to judge everyone and everything. Before Adam ate from it, the relationship between God and humanity was based on humble trust in our creator. We didn’t need to know what was Good and what was…
