A Sound Heart

We are saved by Grace through faith in the person of Jesus Christ.  There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we might be saved.  With the heart man believes unto righteousness.  For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  If you would be set free free from the ravages of sin believe in Jes...

God has forgiven us through the finished work of Jesus.  This is a wonderful truth for every believer.  God has forgiven us the penalty of sin.  God forgives us when we as believers occasionally sin against him.  We have been cleansed out from sin through the shed blood of Jesus.  This no mere intellectual doctrine it is a living reality for us.  Jesus has set us free.  Therefore when others sin a...

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat the fruit thereof.  No believer is to use the tongue in an inappropriate manner.  As believing ones we are to realise that sins of the tongue are both self-destructive and other-destructive.  Our fellowship with God is also compromised when we sin with our tongues. According to the Word of God  the tongue is a fire and a...

Anger is a terrible prison.  It can destroy one's capacity for life.  Anger can isolate and create barriers in relationships.  Anger is a demand, and the source of anger is pride.  God has given us his Son Jesus who bore our sins on the tree.  When you find it difficult to manage your anger you may go to Jesus and talk to Him about what anger is doing to your life.  You dont have to continue to le...

We are the called-out ones.  We are members of the Body of Christ.  We are justified by faith in Christ.  Theses are marvelous positional truths, and yet we are allowed by God to be partakers of the Sufferings of Christ.  This is a very important doctrine that has been neglected in the post-modern church.  The trails that we face come into our lives through the permissive will of God.  God allows...

We are the called-out ones.  We have been born anew by the Spirit of God.  We are in the world, but not out of the world as a source.  We are in Christ.  We have a new life that is eternal, and it does not grow old.  However, the world still fights against us.  The world and the devil wants to attack us so that we compromise our faith.  We are to hold fast this marvelous faith.  Dont let the enemy...

Ministry is not for the faint of heart.  Ministry is not for those who do not crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts.  Ministry is a calling, and as such only the called should enter into ministry.  There are those who doubt or are suspicious of the call to ministry.  Statistically those who enter into ministry and have not been called by God leave the sacred work for some vocation more f...

Many people today are stuck in life.  They are stuck and have no idea of how or what to do to get unstuck.  They settle for being stuck, and yet they know salvation through Jesus.  What has happened to these people?  It seems that failed leadership in the local churches have not taught people the importance of knowing the Word of God.  Jesus said: "  If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed."...

In the Last Days there will be those who will say "Where is the promise of his Coming?"  They will oppose the Word of God.  They will raise militant voices against the reality of the Second Coming of Jesus.  They do not believe the New Testament documents.  They believe that their denial really means that God will not come for his Church.  Jesus said that he was Coming for his Church.  He said:" H...

Jesus said:" Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will rest you."  This is no mere invitation, it is a command stated in the imperative.  Jesus never said:' ...I will give you rest."  He said:"... I will rest you."  The rest that Jesus provides is both ontologic and existential.  His rest brings to an end the terrible and chronic tramua of sin.  Sin is real, and has real cons...

God's revelation is precious, and those to whom he reveals His Word are accountable to Him for His sacred treasure.  Throughout the Word one reads that those who reject divine revelation are judged by God.  The judgement that God brings on those who reject His Word is lack of spiritual perception.  However, in the current cultural friendly church the absence of militant prophetic witness is seen a...

  The giant represented a real and present danger to the people of God.  The giant despised the people of God and hurled curses upon them collectively.  The giant taunted the army of God with incredible insults and disarming lies.  No man in King Saul's army dared to challenge the giant in one on one combat.  However, God had a man who did challenge the giant, and faced him upon the battlefield. ...

It is imperative that believing ones are taught the Word of the Living God.  True spiritual freedom can only be obtained by the constant intake of the Word of God.  The Word of God is alive and power, and sharper than any two-edged sword, it alone pierces to the dividing asunder of the soul, and spirit and joints, and marrow, and is a discerner (judge) of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  On...

We have the power of God at our disposal as believing ones.  We are to be filled with the Spirit of God so that we do not engage in the works of the flesh.  Two married believers who are in the flesh can and may ruin their marriage through unforgiveness.  The flesh must be crucified if believers want to have a powerful marriage.  If the flesh is not crucified chaos can enter in and destroy a promi...

Biblical marriage is a powerful relationship that founded upon divine revelation.  God performed the first marriage ceremony.  He caused the Adam to fall asleep and took from his side a tissue sample, and from it he built the Woman or Womb-Man.  According to the Scriptures these two became one flesh or a compound unity.  Sexual intimacy between husband and wife is a wonderful testimony to God's de...

God created fathers and mothers as the foundation of the social order.  After the appropriate worship of God himself no other relationship is above that of father and mother.  Fathers and mothers provide the foundation for life that children need to live healthy and balanced lives.  Certain social theorists have said that a family is just a collection of persons who have decided to live together. ...

We are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.  We have been created anew by the Spirit of God through regeneration and therefore members of the eternal Temple.  Everything about us has been made eternally and qualitatively new.  The new position that we enjoy in Christ should change our minds and actions about the wonders of the finished work of Christ.  Jesus gave all to give us all.  We are beautiful li...

Those who confess the Name of Jesus must know that the Devil wants to devour their lives.  The Devil was completed defeated by Jesus when he died and was resurrected for our salvation.  The Devil knows this to be true.  He is a powerful yet defeated foe.  Since he was soundly defeated by Jesus who is all-powerful he wants to attack those who belong to Him.  The Devil (adjective) wants to destroy o...

When you are high on you, you cannot see God.  The me-high may last for a while, but it is filled with deception and lies.  The me-high will allow you to indulge in unheard of fantasies, but the crash will be hard.  You will receive many wounds when you venture into the world of the flesh.  Please know that what is done in the darkness will be revealed in the Light.  Get healed of your dark wounds...

We are the people of God and as such we should live godly lives.  Please note that even though God loves us He will not tolerate sinful living.  Excuses for sinful living will only cast us deeper and deeper into the Slough of Despond (Pilgrim's Progress).  There is a type of spiritual depression associated with sinful living.  It creates misery and self-induced unhappiness in our lives.  Sinful li...

There are persons very close to us who bear unspeakable secrets.  There are those who we love who have come to believe that they are unworthy of love or of being loved.  The distant ones are cut off from themselves and real relationships beacuse at some point in their history their hearts were shattered by a so-called loved one who abused that love, and  told the victim to stand guard before the t...

The world loves to assert control over the lives of persons.  It does so because it wants to use and then discard persons at will.  Persons are enjoined by the world to live in ways that are antithetical to spiritual/mental health.  The world wants the hearts of persons in spiritual ruin because it can manipulate and abuse them through subtle and covert means.  The Word of God teaches that persons...

The people of God need to remember that Jesus bore our sinful guilt on the Cross.  By his stripes we are healed.  Real guilt for real sin was ended forever by the Saving activity of God in the Cross of Jesus.  So many people have no understanding of the Cross of Jesus because their teachers are themselves enslaved to sin.  However, God is still doing wonderful things for people today who place the...

Is the church today even aware of its complicity to sin?  Does the church today recognize that it is feeble and sorely lacking in spiritual power?  Does the church today even know the doctrine of the flesh as expounded by the Apostle Paul?  The church today is under the judgement of God because it no longer seeks to obey God and walk by means of the Spirit.  Yes, the church today has psychology, p...

The Apostle Paul was spiritually astute and aware.  He was a man filled with the Spirit of God.  He knew first hand the Cost of Discipleship.  He knew that to follow Jesus meant death to the Ego!  He knew that the Ego must be crucified if one was to follow Jesus.  There is no other option available to anyone who desires to follow Jesus.  We cannot follow Jesus on our own terms.  Pathology the loca...