The Gospel Of Repentance

What exactly is Judgement Day? Many read about it about in books. Many Hollywood films have offered their interpretation of it only for box office receipts because it is no doubt an intriguing topic to draw moviegoers. But, is it a real future event that is coming upon the world or it is fantasy? Do we really have to deal with an actual judgment of God once He removes all the believers from the earth and the wicked are left behind? That’s what the best-selling novels by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye discuss right? The judgment of God is indeed real, but to get a correct view of what will happen, we must go to the scriptures. There are numerous passages in the Old and New Testaments that deal with not only the Judgment of God or what Revelation 6 called the Wrath of the Lamb, but Judgment Day itself – when Jesus returns to earth to destroy his enemies and set up His eternal kingdom on earth. a.        Malachi – For behold the day of the Lord...

In Matthew 19:16-17a we read, “Good Teacher what good thing shall I do to have eternal life?” So he said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, that is God.” From the language one could infer that Jesus was not God because he said to the young ruler, “Why do you call me good?” When Jesus asked the young man why do you me call me good, he was not denying his deity. Rather he was affirming to the young man that he is God by virtue of the fact that he made the statement,  “There is only one that is good, and that is God.”  It was if Jesus was also saying to the young ruler, “Since you are calling me good, are you implying that I am God?” Whether the man knew if Jesus was God, he knew he was talking to someone with supreme wisdom and authority. Jesus also was not rebuking the young ruler for calling him good, rather he wanted him to consider the gravity of his statement to Jesus by calling him good. Notice though when Jesus answers the ...

It may be news to some, but the Bible talks about two Adams; the first Adam and the last Adam. What I would like to do is compare the two men. In 1 Corinthians 15:45 we read, “The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” The last Adam, of course, is Jesus Christ. The first way we can compare the two men is in their temptations. With the first Adam, he failed miserably. Adam plunged the entire human race into sin, suffering and death. As a result of his act of disobedience, he became a sinner. Along with his act of sin along with our mother Eve, we were born sinners, unrighteous and rebellious in our own right. The sin nature the first Adam acquired has been transferred to us. All of the human race is guilty by association and guilty by our own sinful acts of rebellion toward God. Adam was created perfectly by God, but with peccability – the ability to sin. We know this because he did in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:6). Contrast t...

What is Atheism? Atheism is the belief that God does not exist. In Psalm 14:1 and Psalm 53:1 it says, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God!’ “ Atheists also would have to believe in evolution since they do not believe God exists. There has to be a reason for the existence of the universe so the theory of evolution is their “drug” of choice. Atheism contradicts itself in that it does not believe in the existence of God, but they have enough “faith” to believe in another god – the god that is evolution. This of course is in direct violation of Exodus 20 verse 3 where Moses says, “You shall have no other gods before me.” It is illogical for anyone to believe in evolution because it means we are believing in randomness, chance happenings for the causality of our universe. An effect always has to have a cause. The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:1 in the beginning God (the cause) created the heavens and the earth (the effect). What is Theism? Theism is the bel...

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and given him the name above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -           Philippians 2:5-11 Christ’s humiliation When Jesus Christ came to earth as a man, we call that his humiliation. Why? Because he descended to earth to become like mankind without sin. Christ humility was not just his coming into the earth, but his entire life was one of humility....

The word temptation in the Greek language is peirasmos . The word has several meanings. It means trials with a beneficial purpose and effect. It means temptations divinely permitted or sent. It also means tests that can lead to sin do to our internal evil desires (or lusts). I want to examine the temptation of Jesus by the devil in the wilderness. First temptation - Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. Now when the tempter came to him, he said, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread” (Matt 4:1-3). But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’’ (Deuteronomy 8:3). Do you see what the devil is trying to do here? He is attempting and tempting Jesus to get off his course, and abandon the will of God and seek physical satisfaction by eating. Yes Je...

" You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, of that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a Jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those that hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.” -           Exodus 20:4-6 What does it mean when God through Moses said that he will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations? Does it mean the children have to suffer for the sins of their fathers? No. Every person is responsible for their own sin. In the book of Ezekiel we read, “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness ...

  The noun form of the word elect comes the Greek eklogē which means a picking out, a selection. A synonym for the elect are the chosen. We read throughout scripture God choosing individuals for a certain purpose. For instance, the Bible says in Acts 9:15 that Paul (then Saul) is a chosen vessel of mine. In Paul writing to the Ephesians said the Saints were chosen before the foundation of the world (Eph 1:11, 14). Determining if you are elect or chosen of God may be to many an intimidating task, but it does not have to be. This should be a joyous exercise. Why? Because it causes all of us to take a genuine and hard look at our lives. We are compelled to carefully and soberly examine our lives to see if we are truly in the faith  (2 Cor 13:5).  Let’s run a litmus test. 1.        Do you believe Jesus is God in the flesh? In I John 4:2-3 we read, “Hereby you know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is ...

Contradiction by definition: a statement or phrase whose parts are incongruent with one another; i.e. “ that car is pretty ugly !” Well it cannot be both, it is either pretty or ugly. Paradox by definition: Two ideas that on the surface oppose each other but with closer examination and some background of the matter being discussed discover the ideas deliver a congruent truth; i.e. “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live yet not I, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the flesh I live by the faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).  This verse on the surface is full of contradictions but it is not. First, Paul Is saying when Christ died we died; not literally, but spiritually. Paul is saying the old man he used to be prior to his conversion with Christ died. Remember the scripture says if any man is in Christ he is a new creation (italics added for emphasis). Old things are passed away, all things have been made new (2...