Many people who claim to be Christ-followers, say they believe the Bible to be the Word of God, but are not convinced that the Bible is truly the one and only inerrant, God-breathed message to the human race. In our world today, there are many “holy” books. Whether it is the Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism, the Tao-te-Ching of Taoism, the Qur’an […]
OUR TRIUNE GOD, Part 2 (of 2)
Continued from Part 1 Quite a number of Scriptures make a clear distinction between the three members of the Godhead. We will take a look at a few of these Scriptures. It is worth noting that in the Old Testament, LORD is distinguished from Lord. Two Scriptures that use LORD are found in Genesis 19:24 and Hosea 1:4. Then the […]
OUR TRIUNE GOD, Part 1 (of 2)
One of the things I have learned to appreciate more and more the longer I study the Scriptures, is their accuracy. This is especially crucial when it comes to accurately understanding basic doctrines–the foundational beliefs that cannot be negotiated, for any reason. One of these foundational doctrinal beliefs has to do with our Triune God. The doctrine of the Trinity […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 10
Over the years I have met many people who have had a great struggle trying to forget their own past. In this part of this series, I would like to take some time to offer some Scriptural help to those who so often struggle with the despair that this torment brings. God’s Word does not leave us without the tools […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 9
As has been made clear through this series on the uniqueness of the Blood of Jesus, we, the human race, cannot EARN our salvation. We have looked at Scriptures showing the importance of allowing the Spirit of God to rule in our lives as LORD so that we can evidence the freedom bought for us at the cross of Calvary. […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 8
In Part 7 we saw that the blood of Jesus not only made it possible for us to be forgiven–totally forgiven, of the many individual acts of sin that we commit, but also the corruption of the sin nature that we are all born with at birth. We also learned that not only did Jesus die in our place on […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 7
Earlier in this study we read a Scripture that undoubtedly offended the people He was teaching, especially the Scribes and Pharisees, more than anything else He said. I would like to take another look at it at this time. It is found in John 6:53-59: Then Jesus said unto them: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 6
We read in Scripture many things that man, in his limited capacity to understand, will find difficult to accept as truth. One of the most common is the birth of Messiah Jesus to a young Jewish virgin named Mary. Many see this as nothing more than a religious fantasy or fairy tale. Others throughout the centuries have said that this […]
BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 5
In previous parts of this series on the Blood of Jesus we have looked at a sampling of Scriptures from Genesis to the Book of Revelation. It was not an exhaustive sample but gave us an idea of the importance of blood in the storyline God gives us from the creation of Adam through the return of Jesus as KING […]
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, Part 4
(Note: All Scriptures are in the New King James Version unless indicated differently) We have come to the place in this study where we will look at how the symbolism of the sacrificial system in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament in the blood of Jesus. The Old Testament sacrificial system that God set up with the […]