Two weeks ago in Does God Forgive You Before Or After You Repent? we saw that Jesus forgave people before they repented, but forgiveness isn’t necessarily the same as salvation. It makes salvation possible. The New Testament message is “God has …
Last week in Does God Forgive You Before Or After You Repent? we saw the scriptural evidence that God forgives before men repent. We then talked about how forgiveness and salvation are not the same. Jesus’ sacrifice atoned for the sins …
Guys, some people assume that if God’s forgiveness comes before repentance, everybody is saved and we have little reason to preach the gospel. I do not believe that everybody is saved. I don’t equate forgiveness with salvation. Forgiveness is what makes salvation …
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Last week I shared some of the things we’ve faced recently, including death threats by a crazed drug addict. I was struggling in my heart over how to respond. Then not long after that happened, I realized that God had …
I was praying a little while ago and a picture of someone striking the ground with something flashed through my mind’s eye. It reminded me of a Bible story I hadn’t read in a while: 2 Kings 13:14-19(NRSV) Now when …
I just finished teaching English and realized it’s early Wednesday morning! (12:50 AM) Christmas and the erratic schedule threw me off a little bit on what day it was. I won’t have much free time tomorrow, so I decided to …
This is Part 3 of a series on fellowship with the Holy Spirit. In Part 1 we saw that God is an invisible Spirit, but his nature is revealed through people in communion with his Spirit. Part 2 demonstrated that …
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Last week we talked about the fact that God is Spirit. We must be born of the Spirit to see His kingdom. Christianity as God intends it should flow out of a spiritual connection. I ended with the phrase “The …
I’ve experienced such a wonderful awareness of God’s presence in the last few months that I have no words to describe it. I’ve often found myself weeping because I’m so aware of God’s love and I feel it like a …
Today we finish the series on the Holy Spirit’s work in my mom’s family. Part 1 was the story of how my grandparents became hard-hearted because of the religious hypocrisy they encountered. Part 2 includes how my mom gave her …
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