Carnal Christians Go to Hell (Short Version)
A frequent refuge for those who attempt to represent God’s grace in Christ as a license to sin is the concept of the carnal Christian. Though we see in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 that Paul called the Corinthian Christians carnal, this was said as a rebuke which was intended toRead More
Eternal Life Can be Lost: A Basic Bible Concept
Those who teach unconditional security (or, once saved, always saved) doctrine think they’re clever when they try to defend their doctrine with the question “How can you lose eternal life?” They throw out this question in a rhetorical sense to try to sound slick and to try to make thoseRead More
The “I’m Already Guaranteed to be Saved in the End” Delusion
2 Peter 1:4 speaks of those with authentic faith in Christ as “having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” This can truly be said of anyone who is justified through Christ and thus in God’s grace at the present moment. Sometimes that is what those whoRead More
Proof that the Wretched Man in Romans 7 Isn’t Paul as he Wrote Romans
Most Bible colleges and churches teach that the wretch man defeated by sin in Romans chapter 7 is a description of the Apostle Paul’s Christian experience as he wrote the Book of Romans. Here is proof that those who teach this are wrong. The man of Romans chapter 7 isRead More
The Evil Way of Pontius Pilate (Short Version)
It’s interesting that some who try to teach the Bible actually try to say that Pontius Pilate wasn’t really a bad guy. Yet in Acts 4:27 Christ’s Apostles did indeed implicate Pilate as being a guilty party in the murder of Jesus. What did Pilate do that was so wrong? Read More
Disregard the Old Testament to Your Own Doom – Short Version
Early on in the New Testament Jesus quoted from the Old Testament to the devil in resisting his temptations. Jesus reiterated that man indeed needs to read and understand the Old Testament/Tanakh (referring to the same thing- aka the Hebrew Bible). Matthew 4:3-4 says: “And when the tempter came toRead More
King David ‘s Example Doesn’t Justify Murderers, Adulterers, or Liars
God rebuked King David through the Prophet Nathan for adultery, murder, deceit, etc. in relation to Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite in 2 Samuel chapter 12. David broke at this rebuke. By receiving Nathan’s rebuke he abhorred his sin and he abhorred himself. God received David back into His graceRead More
The Menace of Harlotry – Short Version
All enticement related to harlotry is based upon lies, as it all involves manipulation and covetousness somehow. It is ultimately intended by the devil to destroy people’s souls. Many don’t overcome it because they don’t recognize and acknowledge it for the deadly poison that it is. Yet those who actuallyRead More
Jesus Isn’t the Prince of Peace in the Way the World Wants Him to be (Short Version)
The Israelites rightly compared the Lord to a man of war in Exodus 15:3. This was after they had been delivered from Egypt through the dividing of the Red Sea and the deadly overthrow of Pharaoh’s army which was drowned when the waters of the sea returned upon them asRead More
How Can God Die? Christ’s Divinity Never Ceased
We’re looking at the question: How can God die? If Jesus is God and Jesus died, then didn’t God die? We will look into detail here how though Jesus tasted spiritual death as a man on the cross, and went on to die physically, His divinity never ceased. John 1:1-3:Read More