Biblical Teachings

“Tell people that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were sleeping.” – Matthew 28:13

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“Tell people that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were sleeping.” – Matthew 28:13 The Stolen Body is the oldest theory against the empty tomb. To this day, there are still people teaching that the disciples stole the body of Jesus. However, if the Roman guards were sleeping, how would they know who stole the body? Nevertheless, considering this argument for a while, only two groups would have been interested in stealing the body of Jesus: his friends or his enemies. People who were noncommittal or neutral would not risk their lives in such an …

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A Rhythmless Man Gets Invited To The Dance

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Dr. Mike Murphy The Lord has blessed me in many ways.  He has given me gifts that I am very thankful for.  But of all the gifts He has given me, He never looked my direction when it came to dancing.  Plain and simple, I cannot dance!  I dance like Steve Urkel on caffeine.  If I did a rain dance we would have a drought for the next three years.  My name and rhythm is an oxymoron.  It is just wrong for both to even appear in the same sentence.  But this last week, I have had dancing on my …

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The Arrows of Life 

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The Arrows of Life 1 Samuel 20:22 “But if I say thus to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you’ – go your way, for the LORD has sent you away” ______________________________________________________ Like smoke signals sent by an Indian warrior atop a hill, so Jonathan sent David a message by the shooting of an arrow. King Saul had secretly planned to kill David so he had fled to a field for his life. As David hid in the grass, Jonathan was to launch arrows beyond David if he was in danger and he would then know to run …

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The Safest Place

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The Safest Place “And I give unto them Eternal Life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand” (John 10:28). We believe in the eternal security of the saints. First, because they are Christ’s, and He will never lose the sheep which He has bought with His blood and received of His Father. Next, because He gives them eternal life, and if it be eternal, well then, it is eternal, and there can be no end to hell, and heaven, and God. If spiritual life can die out, it is manifestly not eternal …

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Single-Minded Focus

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When faith infiltrates every area of our life, we’re less likely to be distracted by worldly passions. Single-Minded Focus 2 TIMOTHY 2:4-5 4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life” (2 Tim. 2:4). The word for “entangle,” which also occurs in 2 Peter 2:20, means to be …

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The Authentication of the King

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The Authentication of the King Messiah’s Authority to Interpret the Law “The Sermon on the Mount” (in part) ● The Occasion 🔸As to the historical background, this was a time in Jewish history that people were looking for the coming of the Messiah. They were looking for the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom on earth. Israel was groaning under the Tyranny of Rome, longing for deliverance. 🔸The people of Israel were also under the yoke of Pharisaic Law, the thousands of rules of daily living that had evolved over the last several centuries. They were looking to the Messiah to …

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TOPIC: WHO IS A JEW (ISRAELOLOGY)?

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TOPIC: WHO IS A JEW (ISRAELOLOGY)? QUESTION: “If I believe in Jesus Christ do I become a Jew? I have been told that if I believe in Jesus Christ I become a spiritual Jew and am a part of Israel. Is this true?” ANSWER: This is an excellent question, and it goes to the heart of an issue that has for too long created a lot of unnecessary conflict and confusion in the body of Christ. How we answer this goes to the root of our understanding how natural law and spiritual law merge together. First, we must remember that …

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The Character of a Good Soldier

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Our faith grows when we anchor ourselves in God’s power, extend His grace to others, and endure hardship in His name. The Character of a Good Soldier 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-3 1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. In 1 Timothy 6:12, Paul calls on believers to “fight the good fight of faith.” …

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In God We Trust, Or Do We?

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Tuesday, June 05, 2018 Steve Schmutzer   I often tell the class that I teach each Sunday, “What God repeats, we should revere.”  It’s my way of reminding all of us that we need to pay special attention to those elements of God’s Word which are divinely restated. I’m not suggesting there’s a formula at play here – as in the more something is repeated the more important it is. After all, “born again” is only mentioned three times in the Bible (KJV), and that’s a pretty crucial concept! “Rapture” emerges only as an English derivative of an obscure Latin …

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God’s Say-so

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God’s Say-so He hath said . . . so that we may boldly say . . .Hebrews 13:5-6 My say-so is to be built on God’s say-so. God says – “I will never leave thee,” then I can with good courage say – “The Lord is my helper, I will not fear – ” I will not be haunted by apprehension. This does not mean that I will not be tempted to fear, but I will remember God’s say-so. I will be full of courage, like a child “bucking himself up” to reach the standard his father wants. Faith in many …

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“Trust Me”

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“Trust Me” 1 Samuel 17:48-51 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no …

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He that loveth not knoweth not God.” 1 John 4:8

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He that loveth not knoweth not God.” 1 John 4:8 The distinguishing mark of a Christian is his confidence in the love of Christ, and the yielding of his affections to Christ in return. First, faith sets her seal upon the man by enabling the soul to say with the apostle, “Christ loved me and gave himself for me.” Then love gives the countersign, and stamps upon the heart gratitude and love to Jesus in return. “We love him because he first loved us.” In those grand old ages, which are the heroic period of the Christian religion, this double …

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