Sanctification is rarely taught in churches or in homes. That is why so many Christians slip, flounder, fall into sin and live in sin. One of the main reasons sanctification is not taught is: only a small minority of our Church leaders are willing to take the chance of offending someone. Their church attendance might … [Read more…]
God is our Father in heaven who adopted us as His children and heirs. Our inheritance is stored up in heaven for us. It is the culmination of salvation, which is eternal life, God dwelling with us in the new heaven and new earth. (Rev 21 and 22) The Spirit testifies with our spirit that … [Read more…]
2 Thessalonians 1 edification and comfort strengthens our faith, hope and love and helps us persevere in the midst of persecution as we look forward to eternal life at the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. In the conclusion of 1 Thessalonians Paul blesses with this blessing: “May the God of peace himself sanctify … [Read more…]
When we are born again, born of water and the Spirit, we see and enter into the kingdom of God, for we are spirit. “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be … [Read more…]
Affirming the ways God has blessed us in Messiah builds us up in our faith. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we … [Read more…]
Messiah Jesus will give you rest. “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble … [Read more…]
Stand against the Left’s worldview through you faith in Messiah Jesus. The Lefts worldview is big enough to accommodate all works of the flesh (Gal 5:19-21), declare them right according to their worldview and demand the right to practice them with impunity. The Left obviously considers the works of the flesh to be politically correct … [Read more…]
Faith to stand up to persecution is a gift from God. “1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children … [Read more…]
When God visits people of the world He calls them out of darkness into His marvelous light. When we lead a noble life among the people of the world, seeing the good we do helps bring them to glorify God when He visits them. Peter puts when God visits people of the world in context … [Read more…]
Patient endurance comes from our faith in Christ. What we endure on this earth is short term in comparison to eternal life in the Father’s Kingdom—the New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21-22). “14 For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. 15 Through him (Jesus), then, let’s offer … [Read more…]