Tag Archives: obedience

56 Doctrines From Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer

In this prayer, Christ expressed His love for His disciples and He also represented all the doctrine He had reviewed that night with the disciples. He gave so much teaching in His prayer to the Father. Here is a partial list of points of doctrine in chapter 17, there is much more to mine from this passage.

True Salvation vs the modern American gospel

This is a call to come out of the modern American gospel. The modern American gospel preaches a message of easy grace, which is a false gospel. God has called all men to repent and Jesus commands us to take up our cross and follow Him.

Trials and Hardships are Love From God

How often do we look at trials and hardships as something we have to get through so we can get back to our normal lives? The Apostle Paul explained to the church in Rome why suffering is normal and we should look at it as an outpouring of God’s love upon us. Writing to the […]

Romans 1:18-32 – God’s Wrath on Those Who Suppress Truth

THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN The text before us is foundational to our understanding of God’s revelation of the gospel. Notice the abrupt change in the tone of the epistle . . . Paul has just introduced us to the revelation of the righteousness of God, but no sooner does he mention […]

Romans 1:1-7 – The Apostle Paul’s Greeting to the Romans

GOD’S CALLING UPON PAUL The Apostle Paul was a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was not by his choosing but by God’s calling. He was a persecutor of the church and traveled to cities far and wide to persecute, arrest and murder those who claimed to follow Christ. While he was on the […]

Examine Ourselves – Are We In the Faith

In the Gospel of John, Jesus described Himself as the true vine. “I am the true vine and my Father is the vinedresser.” [Joh 15:1 ESV]. Professing Christians are the branches in the vine. I say “professing Christian” because not all who profess Christ are saved and, in verse six, Jesus said some of these […]