Are we living in the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is spoken of in two ways in the Bible. First, it was prophesied to come during the days of the Roman Empire (Dan. 2:44). During the reign of Caesar Augustus, both John and Jesus said that the kingdom was “at hand,” i.e., that… Read More Bible Q&A: Are We Living in the Kingdom of God?
Our children will have received around 16,800 hours of secular education in 12 years by going to school 7 hours a day, five days a week, 10 months out of the year. This will help them get ahead in this world…but then they will leave this world. Will they be prepared for the next? Not if we give them only 1-4 hours a week of spiritual education in the church building. 12 years of that will give them only 1,248 hours of biblical doctrine before they leave the nest. Statistically, many children these days leave the church never to return once they leave the home. There’s a reason for that.… Read More The Importance of a Spiritual Education
By growing stronger spiritually, Paul told the Ephesians that they would “attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God.” He told them they would become “mature” and reach “the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” In other words, they would grow more complete spiritually as they became more united by the faith and knowledge of Jesus which comes only from learning and obeying Scripture, and thus have a portion of the spiritual adulthood (“the measure of the stature”) which God wishes for His Son’s church (“the fullness of Christ,” cf. Eph. 1:22-23). The same can be true of us here at East Main. … Read More Equipping the Saints for the Work of Service
When you think about it, God’s inspired command through Paul to Timothy and to all of His followers gives us so much guidance about the proper goals Christians should have. Disciples of Christ must have the right aim: to be approved by God. They must also have the right attitude: a studious mindset which motivates them to diligently do their best to meet the goal to be approved by God. Christians must also be involved in the right activity: accurately handling God’s Word. Only by diligently working to accurately handle the Scriptures will any professed follower of Christ take the first step towards truly being approved by His Father.… Read More Rightly Handling the Word of Truth
The New Testament teaches that the Old Testament was written to admonish and instruct Christians, that God’s dealings with the people in the Old Testament serves as an example to us today (1 Corinthians 10:1-11; Romans 15:4). “All Scripture,” both Old and New Testaments, “are profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). There is much about God and ourselves which we can learn by studying the Old Testament, and by learning it we can grow to be better servants of God.… Read More The Fulfillment of the Old Testament
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