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Salvation

The Nature of Christ

Jesus Christ is possibly the most maligned, misunderstood, and misrepresented human that ever walked the earth. To say that Christ is the Head of the Church is scripturally correct. But what do we have in our mind when we say that? What do we actually think of in terms of His Headship of the Church is concerned?  I think it is important to review some aspects of the nature of Christ beginning with some of the larger issues: Within the Christian Churches today there are people who … [Read more...] about The Nature of Christ

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The Garden of Eden Prototype

When God created mankind there was a strong bond between the Creator and the Created.  This bond extended to the rest of the earthly creation that God had made.  Man was to work with the environment to subdue it and have dominion.  In other words, he was to dress and keep it. God and man walked together, they talked together, and they worked together.  All of those things are contained in the first chapters of Genesis. The Creator, Man, and the environment all worked … [Read more...] about The Garden of Eden Prototype

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The Nature of Peace

This world does not reflect the nature of a loving God. The relationship between the Creator and His creation has been broken.  However, this condition has a limited allotment of time before God moves to restore all things to Himself. Everything seen and unseen was created for a purpose and existed under the loving care and direction of God. But peace in the creation was destroyed through angelic rebellion which has led to a state of hostility toward God and toward other peoples and … [Read more...] about The Nature of Peace

A Spirit of Truth

What makes God's truth so powerful? In the Scriptures, God refers to Himself as the God of truth. Also, Christ says that He is the way...and the truth. And likewise, Godā€™s Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth! But what can the truth do for us? ā€œThen Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free,ā€' (John 8:31-32). Godā€™s truth can set us freeā€”if we continue steadfastly in … [Read more...] about A Spirit of Truth

Remaining Steadfast

Godā€™s Church is central to His plan of salvation for all mankind as a precursor of the ā€œpouring outā€ of His Holy Spirit on all humanity. But that profound impact is difficult to grasp because the Churches are mostly ignored by the world today. What can we do now to ensure that we stay strong and donā€™t fall prey to discouragement? There is a process to help us succeed. The beginning of the book of James gets right to it: ā€œMy brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, … [Read more...] about Remaining Steadfast

The Good News of Salvation

The message of the Bible could be considered the message of salvation. The Bible introduces us to a perfect creation. We are told that in Godā€™s estimation it was ā€œvery good.ā€ God rebuilt this perfect earthly environment out of the destruction caused by Satanā€™s rebellion. The pinnacle of His work was man ā€“ made in Godā€™s own image and created to have a relationship with the Creator. God was intent on transforming humankind into His image and nature spiritually to add children to His eternal … [Read more...] about The Good News of Salvation

The Kingdom of God

The world has been successively ruled by kingdoms. From a biblical perspective we see this clearly outlined by Daniel as he explains to the Babylonian king the contents of the kingā€™s dream. Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar, ā€œFor the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and gloryā€ (Daniel 2:37). There were to be three similar kingdoms to follow the Babylonian kingdom. The progress of the dreamā€™s revelation ends with a future fifth kingdom ā€“ the Kingdom of God. ā€œAnd in the days of … [Read more...] about The Kingdom of God