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What about the judgment in heaven that will uncover our works, even those hidden works we thought would never be revealed while we were in this life? Some will receive many stripes for their past behavior.

Yes, they are distinct, so much so that many evangelicals see them as being God's concentrated interest in an age gone by. Today, some teachers tell us, we are living in the "Church Age". The time for Jews to receive Jesus remains NOW, yet the ministry of reconciliation in these days is...

Please persuade me through Scripture, Philip. Of course the Bride is part of the Church, but where does it state the Bride is the Church entire?

I would agree with this as it relates to justification, but sanctification is an entirely different work. We are all justified by faith no matter when we get saved, but not all of us, in this life, will have the time or inclination to add to our faith through our cooperation with the Spirit's...

Question 1: I imagine this would relate more to sanctification than either of the other two works of salvation. In regard to sin, it would mean that I would steadily gain power over sin's temptations, to be less attracted to the devices of the enemy and the lusts of the flesh. Question 2: This...

Were these people, as you read it, Philip, the Bride or the Church?

Lots of talk over the years has been on pre-trib and post-trib resurrection. There are even those who believe in numerous resurrections to come. As I view it, a group of believers will be taken out of the body of believers, known as the Bride of Christ, ones who know the Lord intimately. In...

______________________ Do you merely have a phone? But then, even with a phone you can cut and paste, can't you? I prefer communicating on my desktop, although I do use my phone at times. Talking into it isn't something I enjoy because the end result always needs editing, which takes twice as...

______________________________ Works take in all activities we do as believers, or even as unbelievers. There are good works and bad works. The word works does not merely mean actions done for others. It also relates to the way we manage what the Lord gives us. For instance, when the Lord...

_____________________________ And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. (2 Kings 2:9)

Without a doubt, our reward is based on our cooperation with the work of sanctification in our lives. The more we cooperate as the Lord works in us to will and to do of His good pleasure, and are obedient to His leading, the more reward we will procure. Even those who turn many to...

Sadly, so many assemblies are composed of those who lack discernment regarding both the state of their church and themselves. We can pray that the eyes of their understanding be enlightened (Eph. 1:8). After numerous attempts to find a church home, I set that pursuit aside. The list of...

__________________________ Simple and scriptural. If the understanding is there that it does not yet appear that we are like Christ, but one day, when He appears, we shall be like Him, then it is nicely balanced. I was once a member of a United Pentecostal church, with an extreme holiness...

Is that Pentecostal Holiness? I went to a couple of them in the past where I was told it is possible for me to lose my salvation. After some study of the Scriptures, I learned the truth about Eternal Security.

Many writing tablets I have stored in boxes from my days when I sat under a systematic presentation of the first principles. The class of less than a dozen Bible students heard the same spoken teaching every day for five days, and on the sixth day, each of us stood before the class to present...

______________________________ Who is writing of only the Westboro group? Have you seen the latest figures from within the SBC? Sex abuse crisis tops agenda as Southern Baptists convene

I heard Ravi Zacharias, one man of God whom I greatly esteem in the faith, once give the example of a young child taken into a doctor’s office by his mother to be given a shot by a physician. He imagined the boy saying, “Why has she led me to this place, into this building, where I am going to...

I believe that could very well be the case for many who have profoundly experienced disenchantment, disillusionment and hopelessness. We've been taught to command our souls to "hope thou in God" as David did, to take authority over our imaginations. Perhaps spiritual warfare, as we understand it...