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It may be one of the least interesting of things, but there is much growth in knowing God’s concerns for us when we are troubled, especially when in great difficulty! It is when we are going through a trial—regardless the size, that our spiritual growth increases the most. To know that God is...

Good post Brother! As long as we remember that regardless the size of mistake, if it's not intentional it is already forgiven. Those who sin willfully may either still not be matured enough in Christ, or they are still unbelievers.

Believers are either always forgiven for all sins, or not forgiven for any sins; Of course, the latter is never the case, and the prior is a truth of which there is no greater encouragement! A great truism is that God keeps believers in constant and continuous forgiveness (1Jn 1:9), and it’s the...

Confessing our sins to God is how we maintain fellowship with God. If we don't realize and "confess" our sins, we can't know God's forgiveness (1Jn 1:9). If we do know how to identify our sin, we are to ask God to show us our sin, so we can confess them and repent of them. Confessed sin is...

Hi, and thanks for the reply and comments. The crux of the article has to do with knowing the forgiveness of God, that it is permanent. I think many believers are unaware that they are always forgiven, and think they have to keep being forgiven in times of sin. Its not like we go in and out of...

Regardless of what we gain in the Lord Jesus, we will continue to have sin, because of possessing a sin nature (flesh). Coming out ahead of the sin nature is knowing the permanent forgiveness of God, and is where our primary victory over sin lies. There are many Christians who have yet to...

Appreciate the instructional reply Brother! I believe what keeps the believers encouraged most is knowing we are permanently in the Father's forgiveness!

Romans 5:1-11 sets forth the terms on which God is with you. Chapter 8 is how you are in Christ before Him. Many are occupied with chapter 8 who are not yet established in chapter 5. They must be taken in divine order. When you look up to God you see everything gone to His satisfaction; but when...

Hi Brother, and thanks for the comments and compliment! Though the old man indwells us and causes us to sin (unwillingly of course), we are not considered as part of its nature (Ro 8:9).

There is nothing like retirement for the soul, if one is occupied with the Lord Jesus, and not with himself. Occupation with Him results in my being more like Him, and more apart from myself. Occupation with myself is like the serpent’s eye that lures its victim to destruction. The more I am...

“He shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers” (Rev 2:27). Albert Barnes: “There is an allusion here to Psalms 2:9; “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” There is a slight change in...

It's ok of coarse that we have a different understanding concerning most of this issue! Thankfully none of these doctrines are essential and do not negatively affect faith.

I don't expect many to know or understand this type of teachings, but I share it for those who may want to understand.

I like all that you've said, but it's my understanding that the ecclesia, or gathering of the people in the OT was not the same ecclesia, or gathering of the Christians--the Church and Body of Christ. I think this answers to why the word "church" is not in the OT. The "Church" has to do with...

You make some interesting points. Concerning Israel reaching out to the Gentiles, it was the Christian Jews, because they were first to be Christian, through whom God reached out to the Gentiles; and this presents a great division between Israel and Christianity. The non-Christian Jews are...

Some Israel Eschatological Passages Isa 4:2, 3; 26:19 Dan 12:1-3 Eze 20:33, 34; 37:1-4, 11-14 “It requires no profound study to observe that the earthly, Messianic, Davidic kingdom was offered by John the Baptist, by Christ and by His disciples, that it was rejected even to the murder of...

Randy, here are a few related passages about Israel's resurrection, which dispensationalists agree that it will be simultaneous with the Christian's resurrection. Isa 4:2, 3; 26:19 Dan 12:1-3 Eze 20:33, 34; 37:1-4, 11-14

It's just common theology that to be a Christian you have to believe in Him before you see Him. Similar to believing in Christ's resurrection: "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" (Jhn 20:29). To believe in Christ is to believe in His resurrection (Rom 10:9). The Apostles...

Yes, there are always nations on the earth: Rev 2:26; 7:9; 10:11, and about a dozen more references to the "nations" in Revelation. Only the Jews who believe in Christ before they see Him will be Christians. The non-Christian Jews who believe in God will eternally only be God's people.

Hi Brother! The salvation of the Jews is and always has been God's plan, He being omniscient. True, not every Jew will be saved, just those believing in God (there are Jews who do not believe in God, just as most of the Gentiles). All the believing Jews (believing in God that is but not in...