You Have No Say

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB If God calls...

On False Repentance

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what You say, and Your judgment against me is just. For I was born a sinner. Yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. But You desire honesty from the...

Overcoming Sin

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can...

God’s Plumb Line: Will This Be Counted Unto Me As Righteousness?

And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith. Genesis 15:6 NLT The Biblical standard of human righteousness is the quality of being right in the eyes of God in faith, thought, word, and deed. The Bible describes God’s...

Eternal Life

And behold, a lawyer (an expert in religious law) stood up to put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus replied, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And the lawyer answered, “You shall love the Lord...