In this essay, the prophet Isaiah speaks of salvation in the context of justice. In order for God to forgive sin, there must be a just basis for that forgiveness. When a person wrongs us, we may choose to forgive… Read More ›
Justification
Trusting In The Lord, No Easy Task
It is our nature that we find it nearly impossible sometimes to trust God. We tend to rely upon things that we can see here on earth and not on things invisible to us. The idea that a Being of… Read More ›
The Supremacy Of Christ And The Present Possession Of Salvation For Every Believer
In Colossians Chapter 1, Paul presents us with the most important facts regarding the origin and nature of Jesus. Defending against the errorists of Colosse, Paul defines their depreciation of Jesus as unfounded and unprovable. Jesus is presented to us… Read More ›
Old Testament Law: A Lesson In God’s Nature Not Understood Today
There is a great deal of confusion for many people today, regarding the strange laws of Moses that are described in the Old Testament. This difficulty is due to a misunderstanding of who these laws were intended and what their… Read More ›
When People Blame God For The Suffering They Caused
It is a common complaint by critics of God and the Bible that He does not stop sickness and suffering in the world. The accusation is made that if God is truly good and loving and has all power, why… Read More ›
How Jesus Justifies The Sinner And Makes Them Perfect For Heaven
How God accomplished our eternal salvation by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is an astonishing revelation. Everyone who places their trust in Jesus do not simply receive the forgiveness of their sins; their entire record of sins ceases… Read More ›
Why Jesus Was Crucified: The Meaning Of Good Friday And Easter
With the arrival of Good Friday and Easter this year, many people turn their thoughts to the Bible and seek to understand what these days really mean. One of the most difficult concepts to understand from the Bible, is the… Read More ›
How And Why God Forgives Sin: A Process Founded By Love And Justice
This week, a young man who has many questions about God and how a person can be forgiven by the death of Jesus on the cross, asked me to explain this procedure. The amount of space necessary to answer this… Read More ›
What is the Gospel and Why Does it Matter?
COPYRIGHT WARNING We often hear the term: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ.” What is the “Gospel,” what does this mean and how does this principle affect the lives of every person who has been born on the earth? The best… Read More ›
Jesus Carried All Your Sins So You No Longer Have To
COPYRIGHT WARNING Those who break the law of God are considered guilty by God and are spoken of as bearing their sins. Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby… Hebrews… Read More ›
Only Perfect People Can Go To Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING What God requires for heaven comes as a surprise to most people. According to the Bible, no person who has ever sinned can enter heaven. Only those who are perfect and without sin many dwell in the presence… Read More ›
The Requirements For Heaven
COPYRIGHT WARNING Many people have an incorrect view of what God requires for admittance into heaven. It is a commonly held belief that those who are “good people,” will be acceptable to God upon their death. No place in the… Read More ›
What Happened to Our Sins When Jesus Died?
In Some Regard, The Death of Jesus Upon the Cross Is a Mystery. Conservatively, Jesus died for more than 100 Trillion sins* If Jesus died for our sins, what happened to those sins during His crucifixion, where did they go?… Read More ›
How God Justifies Even the Worst Sinner
COPYRIGHT WARNING What was the purpose of God in bringing the Messiah from the line of David? After all, David was an adulterer, murderer, deceiver, and man of war. Many of David’s descendants were people of grievous reputation. It is… Read More ›