There are three things at work to bring people toward what God calls repentance. This repentance—like true faith—is not of human origin. It is an action of God’s grace to reveal the truth about sin November 16, 2025 and our helplessness to stop it. True repentance is a dark place that the Holy Spirit will… Read More »
Rules Taught By Men
Jesus once told the Jewish leaders of His day that the Prophet Isaiah was right about them. Nearly 700 years earlier, the Lord have given Isaiah these words to write: These people come near me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me… Read More »
The Cup and the Dish
I am sure you remember the time when Jesus confronted the Pharisee’s. In Matthew 23:25 Jesus said, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.” Obviously, Jesus used this metaphor to point to the… Read More »
The Teaching About Righteousness
By most accounts, the book of Hebrews was written to Jewish Christians in the 1st century. They were converts to Christianity, most likely coming to faith after the resurrection of Jesus, by the word of the apostles. At this time, Peter was the foremost apostle to the Jews; Paul was God’s apostle to the Gentiles.… Read More »
