Biblical Teachings

Jesus Christ: The Word Become Flesh, The Last Adam

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There was the first Adam, who sinned, and through whom the Adam race was ruined forever. But Jesus became The Last Adam. (I Cor. 15:45) The meaning of Jesus as The Last Adam is two-fold. First, through His sinless life, He became the LAST Adam in the sense of being the fullness of God’s mind and intent for humanity — He fully glorified God as a man. Thus, after Him, there needed to be no other. But secondly, Jesus was The Last Adam through His death — on the Cross He brought the Adam race to an end through death …

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Israel’s Right To The Promised Land

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Both Israel and the Church are the works of God in progress. Both fail in their stewardship assignments apart from Him. We can learn from Israel’s fall, 1 Cor. 10, and take heed lest we fall; see also the warning against being puffed up in Romans 11. Israel failed under the Mosaic Law and needed the freedom provided in Romans 7, to be set free from the Law that could never save or sanctify them. Free to marry another, the very Lawgiver Who alone fulfilled the Law. When He makes His New Covenant of Jeremiah 30-31 with Israel, His Law …

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Sound Doctrine

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Reflections   The reason that sound doctrine is essential is not merely because it rightly represents the Bible. It does. But the real reason sound doctrine is essential is that it rightly represents God Himself. In scripture, doctrine is not merely right or wrong theology. Rather, it is ERROR or the TRUTH. False doctrine means bondage. But bondage to what? Not merely bondage to the false teaching. Rather, it is bondage to, “another Jesus,” and to a God who doesn’t exist. My false doctrine will keep me in bondage to the false God it creates — but will also keep …

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WHO IS THIS JESUS?

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There is no middle ground when it comes to Jesus: He is either a fraud, or He is Lord Matthew 16:13-16 (KJV) 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Throughout …

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Reverence is the biblical, “fear of the Lord,” and is the outcome of seeing Him in His Son — in Spirit and in Truth.

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“Being afraid of the Lord,” is not reverence. It is based on a lie about God. Love vs. Fear from I John 4: (1) I John 4 states, “God is love,” AND (2) I John 4 also states, “Perfect love casts out fear,” THEREFORE. (3) this means that God casts out fear. WHICH, IN TURN (4) means that God never incites fear. The condition of, “being afraid of God” — is never created by God, or the result of the Truth — AS VERIFIED IN 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 WHICH SAYS, (5) God has not given us the spirit of fear, …

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The Day He was Born

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Amir’s Christmas message ahead of the holidays AFTER 400 Years of Silence since the end of the Old Testament, we hear of two names: Zachariah and Elizabeth. Zachariah means the Lord remembers. Elizabeth means the Lord has sworn. Both names – Zachariah and Elizabeth- are a token of the hope that we can always have even in times that seem like silence from God’s side- that He is there faithful to his promises, remembers all of them as he had sworn. Both people were righteous in times where the Holy Spirit was not too active and yet following the word …

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The Innkeeper ( Do You Have Time For God This Christmas?)

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Dr. Mike Murphy “I just do not have time for all this!  With all the people pouring into this town, I have to make the most of each minute.  I have to strike while the iron is hot.  It would just not be good business to do otherwise.  This census has brought me an opportunity that I may never see again.  Every inch of space in this town is needed right now, and I can get whatever price I want for the space I have.  Now is not the time for me to be giving out free rooms!  Not even …

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Free to Enjoy God

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God is a loving Father and friend, not a judgmental taskmaster who motivates by intimidation. Psalm 37:3-5 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. The gospel writers spoke about children coming to Jesus, giving the impression that the young were very comfortable around Him (Matt. 18:2-3; Matt. 19:13-14). Some probably climbed …

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Merry Christnukkah!

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Here we are drawing close to the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah in this season of celebrating eternal light. It has been proven by many, that this isn’t the season of our Saviors birth but the season of His conception, and He was actually born during the time frame Feast of Tabernacles. That doesn’t diminish the celebration of this season, it just shifts the focus of the celebration. So, in this season of the celebratiing the conception of the light of the world, from Prepare the Way Ministries International, Tribe Quantum, Prophetic Art of James Nesbit, and the Nesbit home, …

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IN THE SCHOOL OF FAITH

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Small faith limits God’s activity in a believer’s life. He uses us only to the degree of our trust in Him Matthew 16:6-12(KJV) 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how …

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Names of Jesus: The Good Shepherd

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A Bible Study by Jack Kelley “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay …

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