Joe | February 10, 2010
It amazes me still, how many times the Bible states that we are saved by grace and not works.
It amazes me still, how some churches will teach a doctrine that differs than what is plainly taught in the Bible.
Paul writes to Titus:
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, [...]
Category: Christian Living, Titus | No Comments »
Tags: grace, love, salvation
Joe | January 25, 2010
Would you say you are being stubborn and unrepentant towards God? Has He been tugging on your heart to come back to Him, but you have been ignoring that voice?
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? [...]
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Tags: forgiveness, grace, repentance, salvation, wrath
Joe | December 23, 2009
Over the course of these last seven posts on Zacharias’ prophecy, we have seen God’s wonderful revelation of Jesus and John the Baptist.
Christmas 2009 is two days away. It’s my hope that you have been able to see something fresh by looking at these verses uttered by Zacharias, after having been mute for the nine [...]
Category: Colossians, Isaiah, Luke, Prophecy | No Comments »
Tags: elizabeth, forgiveness, grace, john the baptist, salvation, sin, zacharias
Joe | November 30, 2009
So far, we’ve looked at the first five of seven letters Jesus writes to the churches of Asia Minor.
The letters we have looked at so far are:
Ephesus: “The Light of Asia”
Smyrna: “The Church of Suffering”
Pergamum: “The Pagan Church”
Thyatira: “The Church of Romanism”
Sardis: “The Protestant Church”
We now come to Philadelphia. It’s one of my favorite letters. [...]
Category: 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, Ephesians, Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, Revelation, Romans, Titus | 3 Comments »
Tags: crown, david, faith, grace, great tribulation, j vernon mcgee, john walvoord, key, love, rapture, salvation, throne, works
Joe | November 2, 2009
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one [...]
Category: Ephesians, John | No Comments »
Tags: faith, grace, predestination, salvation