Tag Archives: salvation

What does the story of Micah’s idolatry teach us?

I recently read the story of Micah in the book of Judges, and was having trouble understanding what the story was trying to teach us. In the story Micah apparently takes eleven hundred shekels of silver from his mother without her knowledge. He then confesses and returns the money to his mother. She is overjoyed …

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How to recognize the wheat from the tares.

   In the 13th chapter of Matthew, Jesus gives a parable of wheat and tares. Matthew 13:24-30 “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and …

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How to know if you are saved.

How can a person know for sure if they have been saved? Is there a complicated formula, or set of rules to observe, or adhere to, for a person to know with certainty they have been saved? I see this question come up quite often, and there seems to be a good deal of confusion …

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Similarities between Paul’s shipwreck, and our Salvation.

I noticed several similarities between Paul’s shipwreck recorded in Acts chapter 27, and salvation that comes through our Lord Jesus, and faith in him.  Paul in this story, is being taken by soldiers with other prisoners, to be judged before Caesar. All men and women, small and great, will be brought before God, to be …

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How to keep God’s sabbath.

Jesus said not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law until all is fulfilled.   Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any …

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How do we get to heaven?

  Is it possible to go to heaven, or have eternal life with God, by following our conscience?  Can an atheist, or a member of a non christian religion have eternal life, according to the Holy Bible, and the words of Christ?  Many would think so, and apparently the Pope is among them. I have …

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How to increase our faith.

How can we increase our faith?  Is it possible to have more faith then another believing Christian, or are all believers given the same amount.  Faith is a very desirable quality that God is pleased to see in his children.  Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh …

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How do we see God?

                How should we view God? Does it make any difference how we see or perceive him? I certainly think it does. If we think we know who God is, yet do not understand his true character, then we may find we are worshiping a false god, and …

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Why did Jesus not destroy us all?

The Passover and Easter season are approaching, and I have been thinking more on the Lord’s suffering and crucifixion.  The Holy Bible indicates that Jesus was beaten for our healing, and crucified for our salvation.  1 Peter 2:24 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being …

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The wages of sin is Death.

Daily we sin, and daily we are forgiven. Daily we fall, and daily we are lifted up. Daily we come short of the mark, and daily we are helped and guided toward it. Lets remember that each day, a born again Christian, is washed clean by the blood of our Lord Jesus. None of us …

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