by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
The harshest criticism Jesus had for the church in Thyatira was “you permit that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, TO TEACH and to seduce my servants…” (See Revelation 2:18, 20). A prophetess did NOT teach. If she attempted to do so she...
by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
In writing to Timothy, the apostle Paul laid a strong foundation for himself and his teachings by first saying, “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me (to be a good minister of the gospel), for that He counted me faithful (to teach the truth...
by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
“WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM!” (EPHESIANS 1:4). HOW DOES SOMEONE MISS THE MEANING OF THOSE SIMPLE WORDS? A BELIEVER FRUSTRATES THE GRACE OF GOD EVERY TIME THAT BELIEVER SINS! “A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENS THE WHOLE LUMP,” AND A...
by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
“NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING (GREEK, APTAISTOS, ap-TAH’-ee-stos, “without sin”), AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS (WITHOUT SIN) BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY, TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY...
by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
What happened to modesty among God’s people? Immediately after stating forthrightly that he was an apostle, speaking the truth in Christ, Paul urges that the women in the assembly dress modestly. (See I Timothy 2:7-10). In chapter 3 of I Timothy, Paul tells...
by Don Wiley | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Approximately six years before writing the Roman letter, Paul had written the believers at Thessalonica: “You are witnesses, and God also (notice now Paul says God will attest to what he is about to say), how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved...
