PlayStop Popout X The California gold rushers needed to learn the difference between real gold and iron pyrite (fools gold). Their future and their fortune depended upon knowing the difference. Spiritually speaking, Christians often find themselves in a similar position to the California gold rushers. When confronted with various doctrines and religious teachings, all of…
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PlayStop Popout X God not only commands those who are in Christ to show love, He also enables them to obey that mandate by granting them the capacity to do what He requires. There is nothing original about John’s teaching that Christians are marked by love for one another. Because God loves us, true believers…
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PlayStop Popout X In this passage, the apostle John reinforces the tests of faith he has already established. True believers have the Holy Spirit living within them and He will never be comfortable in sin. The Christian can grieve the Holy Spirit, quench the Holy Spirit, and resist the Holy Spirit, but He cannot deny…
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PlayStop Popout X Romans 15:4 says, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” The Old Testament is so valuable to us because it helps shape our understanding of who God is and what He is like. A proper view…