Nov 28
2025
How Can I Know? Evidence of Salvation
Salvation is not a “hope so” salvation, but a “know so” salvation! It also does not depend upon our feelings, but upon His promises.
Joy to the world still remains God's goal. The Westminster Catechism asks the question: “What is the chief end of man?” Answer: “To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” (And I add, enjoying Him beginning Now and not just finally in in Heaven!). Paul says in 1 Timothy 6:17c, ".... he gives us richly all things to enjoy." We will one day fully and finally “enter into the joys of the Lord.”
Keep ReadingThe Old Testament, beginning in Genesis 5:1, contains the book of the generations of Adam and ends with a curse in Malachi 4:6. But the New Testament begins in Matthew 1:1 with the account of the book of the generations of Jesus Christ and ends with no curse in Revelation 22:3. Jesus birth is the Second Genesis, a new beginning, a new creation.
Keep ReadingAs we approach Christmas, we need to remember that it was actually a 33-Year event (33 is believed to be the age of Jesus’ death, burial resurrection, ands ascension). When there is a true celebration of the historical event of Christ’s birth, we should tell the four-part story of a complete Christmas. The baby in a crib, a man on a cross, a body in a tomb, and a King on the throne
Keep ReadingSalvation is not a “hope so” salvation, but a “know so” salvation! It also does not depend upon our feelings, but upon His promises.
Keep ReadingNov 28
2025
Salvation is not a “hope so” salvation, but a “know so” salvation! It also does not depend upon our feelings, but upon His promises.
Aug 23
2025
Because God really does know it all, He never has to change His mind. He does, however, respond to some things conditionally based upon our asking, obedience and seeking or not.
Feb 18
2025
On the History Channel Show, Forged by Fire, a pattern is presented by which the person must forge a weapon or sword in a short period of time. I thought about what happens next. Starting with raw material, the steel is beaten thoroughly, put in the fire, stretched, shaped, molded, conformed, and then tempered to harden and strengthen it. Then I realized that this is how believers are built up in the most holy faith!
Jul 10
2023