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Send us Fan Mail Paul now transitions from a personal defense to a definitive argument concerning the defense of the doctrine of justification by faith. Over the next few chapters will see some of the strongest words Paul ever used in scripture. Why the strong, direct, severe words? There is a battle raging. It is a battle for the heart of the gospel. It is a battle for the truth of God's wor...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we see Cain and Abel bringing their sacrifices before the LORD. God accepted Abel's but rejected Cain's. Why? Abel presented his sacrifice by faith, Cain did not. God showed great longsuffering with Cain. Cain had opportunity to repent. However, he chose instead to murder his brother. What began as disobedience in the garden has now manifested itself in fir...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we see the consequences of sin. Eve was deceived, Adam transgressed; transgression will always follow deception. It can never be stated too strongly to be on guard against all deception. Why? A little leaven leavens the whole lump.  Now in all of this, Adam and Eve made the choice to disobey God's command. Therefore, they were responsible for the consequences. W...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to focus on the doctrine of justification by faith. The importance of this doctrine cannot be overstated. It is the gospel. It is the cornerstone of doctrines. Today the gospel is under attack like never before. There is a full court press to draw the masses into the deception of a false gospel. Many in the church are falling for this false gospel. Few in the pulpit ar...

Send us Fan Mail Set before us in this study is a key turning point in the history of the church. The truth of the gospel according to God's word is at stake. Peter, an apostle and early leader in the church, through his actions had played the hypocrite. His actions caused others to play the hypocrite as well. Because of their hypocrisy, they were not straightforward about the gospel of Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail As we come to the end of chapter 2, everything is absolutely perfect. There is no sin at all, not even a trace. But this would all come to an end. How did it come to an end? Satan, who had already fallen, entered the garden of Eden cleverly deceiving and tempting Eve. Eve was deceived and gave in to the temptation, thus sin entered the world. She then went to Adam, and he transgre...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue in Galatians, Paul again warns against false brethren. False brethren are those who teach a false gospel which is no gospel at all. They are enemies of the cross and must be treated as such. They move secretly, smoothly and with great subtlety. What they present is not true to Jesus Christ and His word. There is no room for discussion with these evil men. Separation...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we continue to look at creation. We have set before us a complimentary commentary that focuses on the sixth day of creation. Specifically, on the last half of the sixth day with the creation of man. We also have several great foundational pictures set before us. The first picture has to do with the church and how we were born from the side of Christ. It is a great pi...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we complete our study of the creation account that covered the six 24-hour days of creation. In this we see the awesomeness of God through his creation. In our next study we will continue to look at creation from a different angle. It will be a complementary commentary on the first chapter. The focus will be the last half of the sixth day of creation. We will take a...

Send us Fan Mail Paul continues his letter to the church at Galatia. He lets them know that he is not a man pleaser, he is a bondservant of Jesus Christ. A bondservant is a slave. A bondservant's life is not his own. Paul's life is not his own. His life belongs entirely to Jesus. Is our life our own or does it belong to Jesus? God called Paul according to His grace in order that Paul wou...

Send us Fan Mail We now begin a new study in the book of Galatians. What a tremendously powerful and important letter then and today. In this letter, Paul deals with a major problem facing the church and still facing the church today. Paul is in full combat against the false teachers who are seeking to destroy the truth of the one and only gospel. Some view this book as a battle against legalism....

Send us Fan Mail We continue our study in Genesis Chapter 1. In this study we will look at days two through 5 of the creation account. The amazing creative power of God is beyond our ability to even begin to imagine. How can one begin to explain the trillions of stars contained within 24 billion light years of our awesome universe. How is it that God could do all of this in a day. Thousands of sea...

Send us Fan Mail We finally come to our last study in this great book of Isaiah.  We are fittingly pointed to the Millenium that will immediately be followed by the eternal kingdom of God. What a glorious future we as followers of Christ have. We have such incredible hope beyond this world. As believers we must keep our eyes on Jesus. Our hope if not in this world. We can barely imagine the splend...

Send us Fan Mail We will now be sending out two Bible studies every week Lord willing. The study being sent out today will be our first study in the book of Genesis. This should be an exciting study. Genesis is broken up into two sections. The first 11 chapters being a prologue if you will with chapters 12-50 introducing us to Abraham through whom God will bless all the nations of the world. The f...

Send us Fan Mail We now see God's response to the beautiful prayer that Isaiah gave on behalf of the nation of Israel.  Remember, no matter how wonderful and powerful a prayer sounds to men, God knows the character and intent behind the prayer. Isaiah was sincere yet the vast majority of the Israel was insincere. God answers prayer in righteousness according to His Holy character and for His...

Send us Fan Mail Most of Isaiah 63 and all of chapter 64, contains a national prayer by Isaiah. It is a prayer made on behalf of the remnant. It is a prayer that should both instruct us and encourage us today. Isaiah began by praising God and declaring His indescribable goodness. He then acknowledged how Israel rebelled horribly against God's goodness. Next, he remembered the faithfulness of...

Send us Fan Mail As we begin this passage, we are once again reminded that Israel has a glorious future.   God has given to them unconditional promises that are soon to be fulfilled. God through Isaiah tells Israel to prepare for his return with great urgency and anticipation. Are we prepared for the return of Christ? Do we live our lives with a great sense of urgency? Are we preparing our lives f...

Send us Fan Mail In this study, we immediately see the work of the trinity as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are described as being a part of both the first and second coming of Jesus Christ. Next, we see the first and second advents of Jesus laid out for us. Jesus, in Luke 4:16-21, confirmed the portion of this passage that speaks of His first coming. The bible will always be the best commentary...

Send us Fan Mail First let me wish everyone a blessed resurrection day. Christ has risen indeed. Jesus has defeated sin and death for us all. O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory? Jesus is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Jesus alone holds the keys to hades and death. All who have confessed with their mouth and believed in their hearts...

Send us Fan Mail We now enter into the final chapters of Isaiah.  The focus of these last chapters are the glory of God and the millennial reign of Christ. God's glory is a wonderful thing to behold. It is the blessed hope that we all long for. The world that we live in today is dark and evil. What lies before us in this world is a greater darkness and a deeper evil. Apart from Jesus, we woul...

Send us Fan Mail The people were experiencing great hardship at this time. They complained that God was not able to hear their prayers nor was He able to save them from their situation. Sadly, the people have a very high estimation of themselves and a low estimation of God. The problem was not God, it was the people. Their iniquities separated them from God. Because of their sins, God hid his face...

Send us Fan Mail Worship that is filled with hypocrisy has become all too common within the church today. Hypocrisy is quite easy to identify and yet at the same time it is far too easy to be blinded by our pride, becoming the hypocrite ourselves. God looks at our hearts as we come before Him in worship. Is our worship sincere before God? Are we truly worshipping the Lord in spirit and in truth? G...

Send us Fan Mail In this study we spend a great deal of time looking at the danger and great destructiveness of hypocrisy. It was a great danger in the days of Isaiah. It was a great danger in the days when Jesus ministered on the earth. And it is a great danger within the church today. How is it that hypocrisy, being so devastating in all that it touches, somehow remains attractive to the masses...

Send us Fan Mail This chapter is rather interesting. Having just concluded God's scathing indictment of Israel's leadership; they have reached a point of no return. The judgment of God cannot be turned back. Israel, as a nation cannot be turned around.  God will now reveal to the people what they have done and why they have done it prior to declaring his judgment to come. God is righteou...

Send us Fan Mail As we begin this chapter, we see that the grace of God has no limitations. Salvation is available to all. The foreigner and outcast are more than welcome. The abundant life in Christ is available to all who come to Jesus in saving faith. As we get to the last half of the chapter, we are introduced to a scathing indictment of the leadership in Israel. The standards applied then, ap...