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Thanks for the complementing encouragement! The Enemy needs not to work against those who are his (all unsaved), only those who aren't. God bless!

Concerning the Jer/Eze prophecies, they unavoidably refer solely to Patriarchal descendants and their offspring, e.g. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I believe the intention of God's persistence with these, esp. concerning Israel is to confirm the permanency of His words to the world through His union...

Why “the tree of knowledge of good and evil”? Did God want mankind to “become as one of Us, to know good and evil” (Gen 3:22)? Didn’t God know man would partake of that Tree? It’s common knowledge that there is much instruction through experience, so the final question to be asked is, could it...

Hi HTE - Like your ID! I believe the law, esp. the Decalogue presents a portion of God's will, which Scripture teaches that if it is to be kept it must be perfectly, e.g. with a sinless nature. Hence the need for Christ's law-keeping, but not to impute righteousness from it but from Himself--His...

I can under the reasons why people would think that the Eze/Jer prophecies would relate also to the Gentile believers, and I can understand why they relate solely to those of Israel blood posterity. I also realize the obscurity of Scriptures relating to this issue, but I believe God is gradually...

Would it not serve to be unfair in sending souls into the battlefield short of informing them of how to identify the enemy? For the Christian, all opposition derives itself from three foundations of source; self (old self), Satan and society. I also believe this accounting is in the proper...

Note: Much of this article is still speculative with me and my hope in sharing it is that there might be more truth brought out concerning it. It is my belief that God has never “broken off” His union with Israel, just His fellowship, which will be reestablished during the final coming of the...

God called “the Jew first” to Christianity but most (also most of the Gentile world) chose instead to reject it (Acts 13:46). Judaism had its proper place, people and purpose but since the time of Christ, it is unbelief to remain in it, for it does not “honor the Son just as honoring the...

After rebirth the primary issue for the saint is growth, for it not only causes us to “draw close to God” (Jam 4:8) but also increases the efficiency of our witness! NC “Unto Full Growth” By the Lord Jesus and to Him where He sits at the Father’s right hand in glory we are called. Old...

What makes one a Christian? Primarily it is faith in Christ’s sacrificial atonement! This precedes the manifestation of works, thus one cannot know the service until it is learned by Scripture. It’s All Good—For the Christian! Or rather—it’s all God! That is, there is no partnership with God...

There will be found in anyone who is really in the seventh of Romans an intense separation from the world, a holy abhorrence of sin, and a vehement desire to do the will of God. That will has become the glory and goal of his heart and soul; sin is no longer any pleasure to him. Now his distress...

In a day of confusion, opposition and difficulty, it is of the utmost importance to learn who will surmount the various and accumulating obstructions in the path. I believe the true answer is the devoted heart. By devotedness I mean the purpose to follow the Lord at any cost, so that the one...

Hi R4 - Thanks for the encouraging reply. Amen, it's not like God was surprisingly overwhelmed to see something He has known about from everlasting!

One of the essential doctrines (for receiving salvation) is believing in Christ’s incarnation, for “whosoever confesses not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, this is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2John 1:7). “By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus...

Hi FHII - Thanks for your reply and sharing your opinion concerning "the love of the brethren" (1Pet 1:22), and the importance of doctrinal truth. It is only through Biblical truths (1Cor 2:13) that the Spirit of God can "conform" us (Rom 8:29). God bless and blessed be God!

Hi Angelina - Amen and thanks for your comment. That daily devotional of MJS is what caused me to get involved with the spiritual growth writings of circa 1700's-1800's. The "None But The Hungry Heart" devotional is centric of all the materials I share. Did you put it as a shortcut on your desktop?

The Love of the believer, toward the Father, Son, Spirit, fellow-believers and the lost is a gift from God, and is not the mere putting forth of the human will to obey God’s commands to love. The Law of Moses commanded love: “Love God with all your heart; and you neighbor as yourself.” But the...

Thanks for your reply and instructional comment. I agree that Christ replacing "the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all" (Heb 9:3) by His entrance "into heaven itself" (v 24) provides a way for us to approach the Father, but still never on our own for it is through and...

“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our...

Hi SJ - Thanks for your reply and comment on which I agree, we need not know everything concerning God's ways, nor can man know them all, outside what He reveals in is Word. I believer the primary instruction though is in the fact that God knows all who will be saved, and everything He knows He...