By Lloyd L. Nash This statement was made by the apostle Paul to the Roman brethren warning them to abstain from sin, because the pay-off is death. He goes on to say that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. “What is sin?” one may ask. The Scriptures say that it …
Yearly Archives: 2012
All Spiritual Blessings In Christ
By Mike Willis Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. . . (Eph. 1:3). With these words, Paul began the heart of his letter to the church at Ephesus. I committed this verse to memory as a young lad …
Christian Sinners
By Daniel H. King The title of this article sounds like an impossibility, rather similar to what one encounters in ideas like “square circles,” “straight curves,” “loud silences,” “light shades of black,” etc. And, of course, it is. But it is an impossibility which many Christians since the origin of the church have tried to make …
Are We Lost?
By Shelby C. Smith One is lost when he refuses to obey Christ and His word. “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the words that I have spoken, the same shall judge you in that day” (Jn. 12:48). Another reason that some are lost is that they will …