How are Christians “saved by grace through faith but not by works”? Does this passage say that works play no part in the life of a Christian? People often think they can “work up” faith through their own emotional effort, but we must ask God for His faith. Faith clearly must first come from God. If people could…
If someone were to ask if you kept Christmas and you said no, they would assume that you are not a worshipper of Christ. You could explain that you really are a deep and true worshipper of Jesus Christ. You may disagree on dates and some customs, but love Jesus as well. We happen to…
Must it always come down to God’s Law versus God’s Grace? May the two never coexist in the life of a Christian? Law and grace, contrary to the beliefs of mainstream Christianity, do not contradict each other, but work together. If the Law no longer existed, we wouldn’t have to worry about breaking it and…
In John 1:15-17 John writes to the church not to love the ways of this world. This would include human governmental and philosophical approaches to the problems man may face. See Colossians 2:8 where Paul warns about the man-made philosophies of this world. This would include the disastrous ideology of Carl Marx, who invented modern…
“Tunnel vision” often causes one to perceive only what one wishes to perceive from their Bible Study. Let’s look at one of the more blatant examples. In Acts 28:3-6, we read of the snake bite received by Paul and the miraculous powers given to protect him on his world changing evangelistic missions. There are people…
ORIGINAL WORSHIPERS, LIKE ABRAHAM, WERE SAVED BY GRACE AND FAITH After Noah, who was also saved by grace, God called Abraham. He was a friend of God and did not earn his salvation but was saved by the graciousness of God. Paul, while trying to save the Galatian Christians from the Judaizing conspiracy, explained that…
