After Jesus died, His disciples continued to preach the gospel of the kingdom and the role of Jesus Christ. And even after their deaths, so did their followers. Interestingly, while some act like the law of God was done away, the reality is that early Christians considered that it was pa...
What did Jesus call the Pharisees? Jesus identified the Pharisees and scribes asserpents and vipersby showing their teachings brought death, not life to people. What did a Pharisee believe? The Pharisees, on the other hand, believed thatthe Law that God gave to Moses was twofold, consisting...
There is a sufficiency of the love of Christ to us that may be known.—The love of Christ to sinners may be considered either in the cause, or as in the effects; in the spring and fountain, or in the streams that flow from thence into souls. Love, as it was in the heart o...
Jesus began His public ministry when He wasabout 30 years old, and, according to the Book of Matthew, one of the first things He did was to go up on a mountain and preach to the people. Because he spoke from a mountaintop, this sermon is called “The Sermon on the Mount.” It wa...
Jesus, a Jew, was seen to be that person. However the Jewish leaders at the time did not agree with his divinity, did not accept him as the new messiah, and felt he was more heretic than hero. After his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection (according to the New Testament…the basis ...
At this moment, I would like to show you the very gospel that Jesus did preach. It's recorded in Mark, the first chapter, and beginning with the very first verse (Mark 1:1), the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, coming down to verse 14, (Mark 1:14-15). "Now after that...
Which Gospel Did Jesus Preach? Notice carefully these points: 1) With whom did this Message — this Gospel — originate? Peter said: "The word which GOD sent." 2) To WHOM did God send it? Peter said: "unto the children of Israel." Although now, ten years later, this same Gospel wa...
Enthusiasm was whipped up on the false pretense that Christ's coming was imminent. Frequent false predictions did not seem to deter this enthusiasm.Dispensational Premillennialism was marketed the same way as the cult-like groups. For these groups the only Scriptures addressed specifically to ...
The only thing that will matter to the Lord is whether or not you had entered into His perfect will for your life, and then did a good job with whatever He had asked you to do for Him in this life. Jesus Himself perfectly spells all of this out for us when He says that only thos...
• A church is like a hospital in that it offers healing to those who are spiritually sick, just like Jesus did. But a church is not like a hospital because it seeks, not only to get “patients” well, but also to enlist them on the caring team. When you go to a hospital, you...