Contrary to the belief of most of the Christian professing world that we are saved by the death of Jesus Christ, we are saved by His Life ( as both He and God the Father live their lives in us John 14:23) empowering us through His Holy …
I am a fan of Western novels and movies, and one of the best of that genre is Lonesome Dove. Originally written as a movie script by Larry McMurtry in 1972, it was to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich and would have starred James Stewart …
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread memorialize the redemption and exodus of the children of Israel from Egyptian slavery. In Exodus 13:3, 8-9, God says that we are to keep the latter feast as a memorial of what He did in …
(17) And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; (18) knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, (19) but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Redemption involves buying back something that has been taken away. Herbert Armstrong spoke metaphorically of our being kidnapped by Satan. Because the Devil has forcibly held us from the liberty God wants us to experience, we must be …
During the Passover season, our minds are more forcibly focused on the importance of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to our salvation. This time of the year, if properly used, purges some, and hopefully almost all, of the fog of forgetfulness that accumulates throughout the year. Ancient Israel had a major problem with forgetfulness despite the fact that, by giving them manna, God proved every day that He was with them and supplying their needs. As Psalm 78:41-42 relates, "Yes, again and again they tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power: The day when …
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