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Comedian Jeff Allen’s testimony finds him having an epiphany when he hears a preacher preaching on Ecclesiastes 1: 1-3. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity sayeth the preacher. Living a Christian life without the law also begins with that epiphany. When one realizes that all earthly and fleshly things are at their best state vanity. one can begin to look at what…
Suppose Eve asked Adam what he wanted for dinner. Adam couldn’t decide, but he wanted to stay within God’s will, so he went and asked God: “What should we eat for dinner?” God’s reply was: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:…
As Paul was finishing his life, he wrote to Timothy and told him to endure hardness as a good soldier. What exactly does that mean to be a good soldier and endure hardness? One example from Paul’s life involves Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. When Paul first visited these places, he was thrown our of Antioch; he escaped from Iconium before a plot…
Oftentimes folks wait until there is difficulty in their lives before they turn to God. This makes it almost impossible to have any real understanding of what God is doing and to be comforted by the scriptures. One must learn first to be established in the faith before life throws a curve ball. This study looks and how and where we turn…
There was a woman whose son went off to fight in the great war in Europe. His job in that war ended up being the most dangerous job possible: he was a message runner. He literally ran through artillery barrages with messages to those in the trenches. His mother prayed diligently for his safety constantly, knowing the danger he was in. It…
Paul’s ministry was prolific and fruitful. He accomplished the commandments given to the twelve apostles, but in a different manner than they would. While the twelve were preaching an earthly King-centric message, Paul was preaching a heavenly King-centric message. This message of the risen and glorified Christ landed Paul in prison. From that setting, he wrote his final epistles. Those epistles expanded…
In Paul’s epistles, two churches stand out when studying the subject of practical living. One church is a prime example of how not to live, the other a shining example of how we should live. These two churches are the Corinthians and the Thessalonians. Paul tells the Thessalonians that he always remembered their “work of faith, and labour of love, and patience…
After the flood, God proclaimed that He would not intervene to judge the earth again for sin; that things would continue without Him punishing men during their mortal lives. Yet He did punish some men for their sin during their mortal lives. The key to this is understanding that when He changed His ‘modus operandi,” He always forewarned and explained what and…
When Paul addresses Timothy in his final letter, he tells him to be strong and of good courage, and to be faithful. His mission was to teach men who could teach others. What Timothy and Titus were to teach others was the sound words that they had heard of Paul, and what they had heard of Paul among many witnesses. As Paul…
Looking to the scripture to learn how to live a righteous life, we find the answer throughout: “The just shall live by faith.” In Philippians 2, Paul tells us: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” Jesus Christ lived the perfect life by having complete faith in the Father. We learn to live the life of Christ…