The Dangerous Deception of Christian Philosophy – Gnosticism
Feb 15
In general, Gnosticism was the belief that matter itself is evil and spirit is good, the body being a prison of the soul. Philosophers who tried to combine this belief system with Christianity insisted that Jesus could not have had a human body (since bodies are evil) and therefore could not have been crucified.
The Blood of Abel
Dec 01
But Jesus “is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament” (Hebrews 9:15), and with His blood, we have “our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience . . . to serve the living God” (Hebrews 10:22; 9:14).
The Unknown God
Sep 06The people of Athens were known to be quite religious, worshipping a host of nature gods. They even had set up an altar "to the unknown god." Paul pounced on this point of contact to declare unto them the God they didn’t know.
What “forsaking fellowship” actually means
Jan 09
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Hebrews 10:25 An often misapplied verse concerns the teaching of "not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together - ." I have observed often over the years, the coercion of faithful brethren into "attending church" every Sunday and Wednesday by the exhortation of this one verse. Even more incredibly, is the practice of rewarding "Certificates of Attendance" to those who showed their "faithfulness" to the local church by keeping attendance each holy day throughout the year. Is this what Paul meant as he addressed his fellow brethren - the newly reborn Jewish followers of Jesus Christ? Let's take a closer look. Chapter ten of Hebrews sheds incredible light upon one relying on their personal faithful "works of righteousness" verses reliance upon the faithful "works of righteousness" of Jesus Christ.
Gambling at Jesus’ feet
Nov 22
"They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture." (Psalm 22:18) The 22nd psalm is justly famous as a remarkable prophetic preview of the sufferings and death of the Lord Jesus on the cross, written by David approximately 1,000 years before it was fulfilled. It describes in accurate detail the sufferings of the Lord, and the actions of the sneering spectators as they watched Him die. One of the most heartless acts of the Roman soldiers carrying out the crucifixion was the indignity of stripping Him of the garments He was wearing and then dividing them among themselves, even gambling to determine who would get His seamless vesture. The significance of this cruel scene is indicated by the fact that it is one of the very few specific events in the life of Christ recorded in all four Gospels.
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