The Human Condition Calvinism: Total Depravity Arminianism: Deprivation Answer: When Adam chose of his own Free Will to eat of the fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil He forever affected his seed (Humanity) to a state of being Flesh driven rather than Spirit driven. When a member of […]
“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” -James 1:8 I have been studying the difference between the Greek philosophers and/or Gnostics view of the contrast between the physical and spiritual realms as opposed to what the Jews believed. The Greek philosophers and/or Gnostics believed that a man’s spirit was […]
First we must define a “believer” in Jesus. It most often means one who believes that Jesus is who the Bible says that He is. Next we have to define what it means to be “born again”. Jesus defined being “born again” as being “born of water and the Holy […]
THE PROBLEM OF SIN In the original creation Adam and the angels were direct creations of God and were thus known as “sons of God”. Adam originally bore the image and nature of God, but when he disobeyed the will of God his Father and obeyed the will of the […]
I love the way that the series The Chosen depicts John 3 Lets look at 8:31-36 for a moment “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth […]
Note at this point that these are not things that Gnostics will teach you, rather they are things that they do. Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:15-20.“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their […]
JESUS(John 8:44-47 KJV)“YE ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he […]
Before I was Born Again I puzzled over 2 Thessalonians 2:5-12 and 2 Corinthians 11:3-4.What was “The Mystery of Iniquity” & “A Strong Delusion” & “Another Gospel”? I read many commentaries about them and I felt so strongly that they were something that we as Christians need to desperately watch […]
There were once two men who believed in God who went fishing in the sea.They fished together and caught some fish but then the first man fell asleep.The second fished for a little longer and caught more fish and then he also fell asleep.While the two men slept a great […]
When I visited Costa Maya, Yucatan Mexico and saw the Mayan ruins and heard what the Mayans believed about their “gods” and their reasoning for the shedding of blood, Jon & David and I had an interesting conversation about the Gospel and over the last couple of weeks I have […]
