Jesus Brings the Kingdom
When Jesus came, He entered a highly religious society. This was not a time like the one where people half thought about God’s Law and spent most of their time visiting temples to other gods. This was a society who knew their theology better than anyone. They knew God’s ways better than He did! They […]
What is the Kingdom?
“For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”(Matthew 5:20) Whatever happened to Grace? I thought the blood of Jesus covered all sins and all we had to do to get to Heaven was to accept […]
Relationships: Government, Kingdom and Economy
The originals meanings of the words economy and government are scarcely much different than in their theological and spiritual connotations. However, the differences and relationship between the two are evident today: For example: The economy is only part of the care and policy-making of a government. It is mainly part and parcel of the the […]
Challenges from the Devil
We’ve been discussing Man’s fall from grace; and more specifically, the temptations the enemy invoked in tempting Man away from it. The devil challenged Eve with two things: whether God desires glory and perfection for Man (which would be to His glory) or not; whether God knows how to accomplish this goal or not. Eve […]
Scripture: Why Did God Create Man?
God created Man to bear His Image and Likeness and rule the world with Him as His perfect sons. When Man fell from Grace, we maintained His Image but lost His likeness. The fullness of God’s plan was to send His Son Jesus to bear witness to His likeness to a broken world that it […]
Is faith enough? (Mt 8)
Matthew 8 We finished the Sermon on the Mount yesterday here. My original thinking to do a bible study with a focus on Stewardship and Calling was not to go into minute detail, but instead to read a chapter a day and share my reflections on that chapter as it related to Stewardship and Calling. […]