Did God really forsake His Son on the Cross and if He did, what’s to say that He won’t do the same to us when we sin? With Easter approaching, soon there will be many sermons preached about the crucifixion of Jesus and many preachers will say that God turned His back on Jesus as […]
I recently received the following question about forgiveness. “If future sins are forgiven, why did Peter tell Simon the sorcerer to ask God to forgive him for trying to buy the apostles gift of laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit?” Let’s read these scriptures found in Acts 8:18-24 (NKJV) 18 And when […]
To most Americans that couldn’t be clearer. On Sunday night October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire during an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 others. This senseless shooting has caused many to say, “The world is going to Hell in a handbasket”. This […]
Stop trying to get closer to God. As a believer, you are as close to God as you will ever be in your born-again spirit. I didn’t say that you and I would always feel close to God. Our feelings are often wrong. A Christian trying to get closer to God is like a pregnant […]
Along with this devastating category four Hurricane that hit the Texas coast last week with unprecedented flooding, came those who claim that this was God’s wrath. They claim that Houston and the surrounding areas were being punished for their sins. The social media threads are filled with those who give the reasons that God is punishing this […]
One reason good people don’t go to heaven is because there are no “good people”. Don’t get mad at me, Jesus is the one who said it. Jesus said to the rich young ruler who had called Him good, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God” (Luke […]
Religion says, “God loves you, but He’s also mad at you.” Religion says, “God punishes you when you sin”. Prior to the cross, it made sense to talk about a righteous God being provoked to anger by sin. But it doesn’t make sense anymore. Why not? Because Jesus Christ “took away the sin of the […]
I received this question via email, “Could you help me get clarity on why in John 20:23 Jesus gave the apostles authority to forgive and retain sin when Jesus had already taken care of the sin of the world? This is a good question and this verse is greatly misunderstood. We must keep in mind […]
Jesus did not die for your sins, He died for sin. Sin not sins! With that statement, you are either rejoicing, shocked, or confused. In the KJV of the Bible, the word sin is mentioned forty-five times in the book of Romans and forty-four of those times it is a noun, only once is it […]
On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached the most famous sermon ever delivered in the history of America. It was entitled, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. This sermon painted God as full of anger and vengeful toward sinners. Let’s read an excerpt from this sermon: The God that holds you over […]