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I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. The first sign of a false christ, is preaching a...

Christians sinners hate it while still sinning as before? But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. How can anyone try to say they hate it while...

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. This is the doctrinal temptation pitched to Jesus by Satan...

With every doctrinal dispute in the Bible, there is always one or two verses that end the argument. In Romans 7, the simple fact is, that Romans 7 is about now after and was before. Paul is first speaking of now after becoming a repented and newborn son of God, and then speaks of how he was...

What does it mean for man to save himself 'by his own will and power', rather than to be saved by God and His grace? I say it's beleiving we are saved by our own faith alone. Man saving himself by the power of his own will alone. Our own faith alone, is our own will alone. Our own faith alone...

If A=B, then B=A. If our faith is without works, then our works are without faith. If our saving faith must be apart from any works, then all our works must remain apart from our saving faith. Faith alone without works, only produces works alone without faith. There is faith, and there are...

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. I often wondered why anyone would be offended at the cross of Jesus Christ, and also persecute them preaching the gospel of the cross. Until I understood it's the judgment of...

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. There are two ways of man's righteousness, that is not God's righteousness. One is outward works of righteousness with inward...

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Some teach that this is supporting their gospel of being counted as righteous by faith alone, without doing...

I would say skin deep religion, or just surface religion is what doesn't go to the heart. The heart and soul are not in it. That would certainly include religion of redemption and salvation that has nothing to do with how we live. The soul is neither justified nor condemned by the words and...

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the...

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Unless I am mistaken, some say that the Lamb of God was actually slain before the foundation of the world. The actual deed was done as...

In AA, people endeavor to stop drinking with support groups and programs to help keep their sobriety. Drinking becomes an ongoing daily struggle. The main goal is to not stop trying to not drink and stop attending meetings. At those meetings, every member must reconfirm openly that they are an...

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. We see that having faith toward God is only the first move toward God and the reward of God. Therefore leaving the principles of the...

"As Christians we must fight against the mighty powers of the flesh." Quote. One of the most pathetic, childish, and peevish Christian teachings, that is most rightly mocked in the world, is the idiotic idea that our bodies are any kind of source for sinning, and bear any responsibility for any...

There is a Christian teaching that Jesus' body was not natural like all babes and men, but supernaturally immortal, like heroes born of the gods of old. In this case, the question of Nicodemus actually comes into play. He considered the mother's womb to be the only kind of birth of men and...

The atonement of God is to substitute life for life: the atonement of the Lamb of God is to substitute His life of righteousness and true holiness, for our old life of dead works. The atonement of the Lamb of God is not to give His life to the dead in sins and trespasses, but rather to give His...

James 2 is not teaching that we can have faith without works, but rather having faith without good works does not save nor justify any man. There is no such thing as having faith without works, because it's not possible for any man to be without works at all, so as to neither be doing good or...

The Bible does teach God chastises both sinners and His sons, but not at all the same way. The reason is because they are not behaving and doing the same with God. One is sinning against God, and the other is enduring temptation. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit...

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary (willful) humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, (Col 2) And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will...