The Doctrine of the Rapture

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming… for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Christ’s Classless Church — All the Same Rank

But you, do not be called “Rabbi”; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the…

Raised with Christ

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth, for you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will…

Our Challenges of the Church Age, Part 7

I know your works, that you are neither cold not hot.

Revelation 3:15

The church at Laodicea was the Lukewarm church, unremarkable in their faith, neither worshipful nor service-oriented, and if we take…

Our Challenges in the Church Age, Part 5

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write … “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.”

Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 22:14

Christ spoke similar words on other occasions, warning and challenging the Jewish listeners to make sure they truly believed in Him — not to just assume they were…

A Prophetic View of the Future

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:7

This post is part of a prophecy primer, dealing with the biblical teaching regarding the future. That God foresees the…

God of the Living

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God saying, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

They Crucified Him

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him…

Our Challenges in the Church Age, Part 6

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, “These things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David,, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens. I know your works, see, I have set before you an open door, and…