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“I Sought for a Man Among Them.”
God is not an impersonal but a personal God. He is a person and has made us in His image to reflect His glorious attributes. He has a mind, a will, desires, and feelings, but his are absolutely perfect. God is not just some remote,…
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Apostle Paul’s Last Recorded Words: A Holy Calling
A man’s last words are most important. In the apostle Paul’s last letter from prison in Rome, which was his second letter to his beloved son Timothy, the emphasis is on being a vessel of honor, sanctified, holy, and pure; holding on to the pure…
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True Christians Are Not Lawless
Jesus did not abolish God’s law. He fulfilled it and made it possible for us to keep it as he did. A lawless Christian running around with shouts of “grace, grace” is not following the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, who himself is the…
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God Is Not Just Love. He Is Multi-Faceted
God is not a big grandfather in the sky who is all love and nothing else. That is a false concept that, sadly, even most believers have. The idea that God is just so loving that he accepts them as they are and can never…
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Without Holiness (Not Anointing), No Man Shall See God
Ministry, anointing, gifts, and big titles do not equal eternal life. You can preach to millions, publish bestsellers, sit with kings, have the largest church, be praised by the world, live in mansions, preach in all the conferences, speak in tongues, have all men speak…
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The Seed of God in the Believer Produces Holiness
The born-again Christians have received new life, resurrected life in Christ (Romans 6:5). They are born again (John 3:3), and the seed of God dwells in them (1 John 3:9). They are a new creature/creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). The Spirit of God, who is Holy,…
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5 People God Called Beloved in the Bible
5 individuals in the Bible are specifically referred to as the beloved of God. God himself and others testified that these were beloved. God does have special love for some people because of their relationship to him; we see this all through scripture. We will…
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The Kingdom of God and Its Citizens
For the born-again Christian, the kingdom of God is not a future place but a present reality and existence. We enter or become citizens of the kingdom of God the moment we believe in the Lord Jesus and he becomes KING over our lives. Every…
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Holiness: The Fruit of the Love and Fear of God
Holiness is the nature of God, and he requires his children to be holy. We are commanded to be holy; it is not optional if we are children of God through Jesus Christ. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall…
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A Few Names Who Have Not Defiled Their Garments
No matter where we are placed and the quality and state of the faith and Church around us, the Lord has given us the ability to stand and be holy. It is an individual choice. The church in Sardis was dead and asleep, yet even…
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Bought with the Price of God’s Own Blood
The price of our salvation was the blood of God himself. Therefore, we must guard our salvation with fear and trembling. “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of…
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Holiness Is the Fruit of Abiding in Christ
God expects holiness, and without holiness no man shall see God (Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:15). However, we don’t “achieve” holiness by our own efforts. Christ is our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. Our righteousness is imputed by him, and our sanctification happens as we abide…
