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...