Apostasy in Hebrews By definition, Apostasy means: 1:an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith. 2:abandonment of a previous loyalty : defection. One of the major purposes of the book of Hebrews is: “WARNING AGAINST APOSTASY.” (Hebrews 12:14-17) Some of the Hebrew people who had become Christians were turning […]
Gospel required to be Preached There was a time when preachers of the gospel preached the fundamentals of the gospel. They preached what men must do to be saved. No young person who “grew up” in the church was left with any doubt about the necessity of obedience. As a result, if you walked into […]
DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH EXIST TODAY? THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH DOES EXIST TODAY. Matthew 16:18. The church that Jesus promised cannot be destroyed. Matthew 16:19 and Daniel 2:44. In 1942, there were over 600 religious bodies in the U.S., and now there are over 3600. Jesus prayed that we all be ONE. John 17:20,21. […]
The Blessings of Righteous Living We receive blessings from God every day from our righteous living. In James 1:17 it reads Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. First of all: Count your blessings, not […]
Grounded in Truth Since the Truth is the key to understanding and teaching the Word, we must apply it in our daily lives. The concept of restoring the church of the New Testament is simply right. Work hard, whenever a question is asked, to answer it with Scripture. Adopt the mindset of getting out of […]
Things that can’t Save you from Sin Save you from sin, it’s what everyone needs. From the Hebrew writer, we read in Hebrews 10:4 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and the blood of goats should take away sins.” Therefore, we learn from this passage that it takes more to cleanse […]
Through Jesus Christ we become Christians Because Jesus Christ is a powerful name, therefore, we can become Christians. The name of Christian is only mentioned in the New Testament, three times. The name Christian comes from the name Christ. This name was given to them who had become Christians by obeying the gospel of Christ. […]