What Christ Offers
Forgiveness of sins — There is no burden like sin and the guilt imposed by it. In Christ you can become a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17). Moral values — God’s word is truth (John 17:17), and its commandments are righteous (Psalm 119:138) and binding (John 10:35). Membership in God’s family — Christians, regardless of […]
“99.9% Effort”
When we spend time reading and studying Scripture, we have to be impressed with the fact that God wants our “all” — a 100% dedicated effort to Him (Romans 12:1-2)! We see this when we read that those in Smyrna were promised the crown of life if they would be “faithful unto death” (Revelation 2:10). […]
The Babylonian Exile #4
Judah’s exile in Babylon was an epoch. In its formative years as a nation, Jacob’s seed had willingly gone to Egypt and because they had multiplied so rapidly there they were viewed as a “threat” to the Egyptians, and because the ruling regime had changed (“there arose another king that knew not Joseph,” Exo. 1:8), […]