“BE YE PERFECT!”

When scripture urges us, even commands us to be perfect, God is speaking of morally perfect.  We are not to lie, steal, commit sexual offenses, etc.  We still might put the tea kettle on the stove without any water in it, take a wrong turn and get lost while driving,...

WAS PAUL A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A DEFEATED CHRISTIAN?

Paul agrees with his fellow apostle John that a believer need not sin.  Then why is Paul, of all people, used as an example of a defeated Christian?  Why is Paul used as an example to prove that a believer cannot be completely delivered from committing sin in this...

A TELEVANGELIST’S SHAME!

There is a preacher, or Bible teacher, who can be found supposedly expounding the scriptures daily on at least a couple of local television stations. The other morning he said, “I haven’t been out of bed fifteen minutes before I commit my first sin!”...

SAYING, “NO!” TO SIN! 

Of course we struggle with the temptation to sin, “But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Cor. 9:57). “Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS causes us to triumph in Christ” (2 Cor. 2:14). Notice,...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13).  How few are the Christians who really and truly believe those words!  Ask the average believer, “Can Jesus Christ keep you free from all sin throughout this day...

SABBATH OBSERVANCE vs. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE (PART 1)

I learned long ago that one who has bought into the Sunday observance practice most likely will never abandon the same.  Jesus Himself said that one who will not listen to Moses and the prophets will not listen if one rose from the dead and tried to convince them. ...