COMMENTARY, THE LETTER OF JUDE Vs. 1-2. Intro, address. Judas, the lowest form of slave. That’s not feigned humility. He really believed that. For thirty-three years I assaulted God the Son in my own home, but in His own world. I am not fit...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jude the letter. Someone named this book The Acts of the Apostates. It is a short but very powerful statement, addressed to the entire church of Jesus, regarding unbelievers who have infiltrated the church. In that sense it is not about...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
ACTS 2: The first believers If there is indeed a case that seems to demand two “works of grace”, it must be the case of the 11 disciples, who had received a measure of the Spirit from Jesus breathing on them (John 20:22). They...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Steps of Salvation I have grown weary of formulas, even ones “based on the Bible” as they say. Whenever man comes up with a formula, death ensues. There are always other men who will try to follow the formula, and those men will...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Genesis 3:7 Ascetics and mystics have looked at this passage and reasoned that, since they covered their nakedness, there was something innately evil about the human body, and especially those parts of it that we call “private.” No....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a pattern that begins to emerge when we trace these Satanic manifestations through the ages. Isaiah (chapter 14), like Ezekiel, begins with what seems to be a mere man, a nation-ruler who is cut down and brought to his end, covered with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is the 570’s B.C. Soon Nebuchadnezzar will lay siege to the great city of Tyre, ruled then by one Itto-Baal II. This is the conclusion of Mr. Macarthur, and for now we let it stand. The outcome and far-reaching effect of this prophecy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The question of the origin of evil is oft-asked and seldom understood. The answer, though not as clear and defining as we would like, still is there, and is spread throughout Scripture: beginning, middle, and end. We will consider portions of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Genesis 2:17, 3:6. Romans 5:12 “…in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.” There are those who would like to take this Genesis passage and do with it what they have done in Genesis 1: create an issue with the word...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Is the seventh-day Sabbath for today? Genesis 2:2-3 Many believe it is, and entire denominations have been formed around this one teaching. We sometimes classify these seventh-day folks as “cultists” and perhaps some of them are. But I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
