Are there any evidences that a person can have of being physically alive? Yes there are... Breathing lungs, a beating heart, and a thinking mind will all be present and active. If any of those three are absent; if the lungs no longer breathe, the heart no longer beats, or the mind no longer thinks, then it cannot be said that the person shows the evidence of life. The same can be said concerning Spiritual life. When Spiritual life is present, The quickening breath of God’s Holy Ghost will be in the soul; faith IN and ON Christ will be in the heart; and a right view of God, man, and salvation will be in the mind.
When a continual, fervent, immediate need for Christ is within a person - the breath of God’s Spirit is in the soul. When Christ becomes a sinner’s only hope, and only desire; when a sinner stops looking to his own works for salvation, and starts looking to Christ’s work on the cross alone - true, saving faith is in the heart. And when a sinner throws out every word but God’s word, and says: “let God be true, and every man a liar” - repentance has come to the mind. When these things are present, God given life has come!
The apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 1:23, “We preach Christ crucified”. The same man told Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:2, “Preach the Word”! We cannot preach Christ apart from The Word. We cannot know who a man is, what he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry” 2 Corinthians 4:1 Our Lord has chosen the ministry of preaching His Word to be the means of calling His people to Himself. It was the ministry of the gospel that called us to Him. The Lord...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GRACE is something more than “unmerited favor.” To feed a tramp who calls on me is “unmerited favor,” but it is scarcely grace. But suppose that after robbing me I should feed this starving tramp. That would be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Rev. 7:17) Joseph H. Gilmore wrote: “He leadeth me! O...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you are like me, I’m sure you have relatives, friends, and acquaintances that come through your mind from time to time, and when they do, it brings a moment of sadness over the fact that they show no interest in the saving gospel of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
ASSURANCE Hebrews 10:19-23 Concerning the subject of assurance: Many people struggle and worry, wondering whether or not they belong to Christ. Many people are looking for assurance. I believe that is a good and wise thing to do! I need assurance...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“One thing have I desired of the Lord…” - Psalm 27:4 “One thing is needful…” - Luke 10:42 “…God be merciful to me a sinner.” - Luke 18:13 To have Christ is to have the desire of heaven. To...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In John 10:25,26 our Lord said to a group of religious pharisees, “…I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of My sheep, as I said...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Along with the instruction that our Lord gave to the disciples when He taught them to pray, the scriptures give us five things specifically to pray for: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem...” (Psalm 122:6). May peace be within us and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
