Pinecrest Baptist Church

The Apostle Paul reminds us that we are all in bondage - either to sin or to the yoke of the Lord Jesus Christ. We all make choices about who our master will be. Christ has, at great cost, freed us from sin and He deserves to be in control of our lives!

There are three key words in this passage of Scripture that instruct us on how to have victory over the pull of sin in our lives as children of God. Praise God, we don’t have to live in bondage to the “old man” anymore!

With all that the land of Egypt had to offer Joseph, he still realized it was not home. Christian, don’t put your roots down too deep in this world. We’re not home yet!

So many questions surround the subject of children going to heaven and how God views their young eternal soul. The scriptures give us a little insight into the subject, but there is still so much we don’t know. We must trust that in the kind heart of God, young children are “safe” in His protection.

To many of God’s children, heaven remains an ethereal mystery, clouded in conjecture and unanswered questions. But God’s Word sheds much light on our eternal dwelling place, and offers hope as well as facts about the real place that Jesus said He is now preparing for us!

Justification settles our position before God. Sanctification deals with our condition. When we were crucified with Christ, our flesh died! Dead people can be raised to newness of life in Christ, and should not live the way they used to, covered in grave clothes.

We can’t hide from the fact that each one of us is a sinner. Where did sin come from? What is the result of sin upon mankind? Is there really a cure, a solution to my sin problem? Thank God that where sin abounded, His grace did much more abound!

Why does God speak about the subject of money so often in His Word? Because He knows the power it can have over our hearts and lives. How can we be a faithful steward over all the resources He has entrusted us with? How can we truly invest in the eternal?

Paul writes to the Romans in this passage about the many blessings and benefits that are ours through the Lord Jesus Christ. They give us great hope, peace and joy even in the midst of our tribulations!

Is your faith the kind that absolutely cannot be shaken? Is it a faith that not only believes that God can but knows that God will? Paul talks to us in this text about the faith of Abraham and the fact that this same faith can help us today to be fully persuaded that what God promises, He will perform.

The earthly parents of Jesus were really good people - they kept the law, the feasts, they sacrificed and prioritized their religion. But one day they left Jesus in Jerusalem as they made their way home from the latest celebration of the Passover feast. They were so preoccupied that they didn’t realize He was not in their midst. What a reminder to us modern day parents, who often get sidetracked b...

So many people are trusting in the wrong things to get them into a right relationship with God - family and religious heritage, good deeds, religious practices, etc. However, God’s Word claims that only one thing will make us right with God, salvation by faith alone in the work of Jesus Christ.

God established the home and intended that it produce a society that honored Him and its fellow man. Satan has hijacked the home today and our struggles at home have led to the disintegration of our society. Here are some scriptural priorities and practices that can connect heaven to our homes!

We are all leaving a legacy, a memory of what we stood for and how we lived our lives outside of self-interests. What will you be remembered for? Are you building an eternal heritage for those who come behind?