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There are at least two views as to when God chooses individuals for salvation. The first view is that God choose everyone to be saved before creation based on an interpretation of Ephesians 1:4, which says God chose us in Him before the foundation of the world. The second view, is that God is...

This morning I listened to a sermon by John MacArthur on the "Sufficiency of Christ." He, as usual, pointed out some things I had not considered, or recently considered. All of us, or at least nearly all of us sign up for the Five Solos of the Reformation. We believe in Scripture alone, and...

Orthodoxy refers to the generally accept view or views that people believe are correct. Thus Reformed Baptists have a set of their orthodox view, such as the TULIP, and other branches of Christianity have a differing orthodoxy. I certainly have views that do not mesh with the Calvinists or...

Time and again, differing posters make or seem to make this claim, we, those saved, became righteous because God imputed or declared or credited as as righteous. I believe this view is absolutely bogus. Let us consider this view from scripture. Romans 4:6 NASB just as David also speaks of...

Hebrews 11:2 NASB For by it the people of old gained approval. Our first Greek word ("gar" - G1036- and translated "for") is used here to reinforce the validity of the statement, so an alternate translation choice might be "assuredly." Next, "by it" refers to...

Every once is a while, we find a blockbuster verse that conveys in ambiguity what we had not understood before our study of the verse. 1 Corinthians 1:30 is such a verse. Here is the NASB translation as footnoted and scrubbed of italic additions. But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who...

Knowledge refers to information acquired or formulated by someone, God or humans. Thus it is noun and describes information held in someone's mind. The Greek word is derived from the Greek verb "to know" and refers to the act of perceiving and understanding something or someone...

1) Scripture teaches many will seek the narrow door (Christ) but will not find it. Thus the lost are able, in their spiritually dead sinful state to seek God. Luke 13:24 2) Everyone who believes [as discerned by God] that Jesus is the Christ, has been and remains born anew by God. The...

1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD...

We can find differing opinions about just what beliefs or practices causedJesus to hate them, Revelation 2:6. I believe mistreatment of the laity by teaching from authority things that dupe people into unfaithful practices describes the Nicolaitian sin. Similar to Balaam, the Nicolaitians put...

Traditional Baptist churches "separated" from a church organization that was "top down" with the hierarchy dictating doctrine, and formed churches that were autonomous, adhering to doctrines consistent with their understanding of scripture. Also, along this line, were folks who thought the...

There is a famous photo of the "Eagle Nebula" called the Twin Pillars of Creation. And when I was just a little boy, my parents told me that our friend, Mr. Rich, was a "pillar" of our church. He did not look like a column of brick or stone. It was years latter when I realized the term was...

The phrase "in the Spirit" is found about 19 times in the NASB version of the New Testament. Of these, the Greek construction, "en (in) pneuma (the faith) is found in 13 verses. Two verses have the Greek construction "en (in) ho (the) pneuma (faith), two have "ho (in the) pneuma (Spirit) and...

John 1:12-13 NASB But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. Here is my interpretation: "As many as received Him"...

When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[fn] NLT and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh...

A few days ago, I heard on my car radio a story given by Pastor Skip Heitzig which brought joy to my heart. Here it is from my memory, so forgive me if I botch it... The door opened and "Old Eddie" came out, carrying a bucket, that seemed heavy for Old Eddie. He shuffled down the street and...

When we see the phrases "for sin" in our English translations, the phrases might not mean the same thing. The English word "for" might be a translation of the Greek word "gar" (G1063) as in Romans 6:14 or 7:11, with the meaning of therefore, referring to the preceding activity. In Romans 6:14...

The Greek preposition, Kata G2596 is used several times in conjunction with an individual's faith. Here are some of the verses, Matthew 9:29, Romans 14:22, Titus 1:4, Hebrews 11:7 and 11:13. Used literally to show direction, the preposition refers to being under something. Used...

Several English translations of the Greek New Testament use the word "propitiation." The NASB uses the English word to translate G2434, a masculine noun, and G2435, a neuter noun. In 1 John 2:2 and 1 John 4:10 the masculine noun "hilasmos" is translated as "the propitiation" and footnoted as...

When we look back on our individual lives, and ponder the influences that shaped our characteristics, people, books, films and particular studies come to mind. I took Chemistry and Physics in High School, so I have a so called "BS" meter that rejects much of what modern culture considers as...