The Ransom

RANSOM……… Redemption, A consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity, To Deliver, To free from punishment by paying a price, To Rescue. The definition of ransom explains completely what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for all of us. He is our redeemer from a life which could very…

The Pinnacle of Spiritual Growth—The Abiding

[Dive deep with me into the secrets of the Spirit of Truth. Let us light upon the flowers of His garden and not flit onto the deceptive blossoms of the tares.] The abiding is the apex of the spiritual life cycle. When God abides in you, you cease to feel bound up in the prison…

Everyone Wants to Be Loved

Everyone wants to be loved–to be cared for, thought of kindly, smiled upon, approved of, praised as worthy. Everyone wants to be loved. It is the universal spiritual need that stares us all in the face. When our eyes meet, we witness simultaneously the same longing ache that we see when we peer into a…

Don’t Carry Guilt

How many carry around guilt like an anchor every day, when Christ came to set us free. Oh sure others may remember something that on your part has been long ago repented of, we must remember even if others do not forgive God does and remembers our sin no more! To those who sin they…

Two Ways to Prove that You Really Love Christ

Then Comes the Abiding How does the abiding come into us? God promised that He would abide in us after certain conditions were met. It is a conditional promise. We are not talking about doing something to attain salvation. As a child of the King, we already have salvation. But to grow past spiritual childhood, to have the Spirit grow in us and…

“He Who Commits Sin Is a Slave to Sin”

It always comes down to the sin question.  The Savior is not going to let us slide on this point. “Sin is the transgression of the law.”   Breaking one of the Ten Commandments is the scriptural definition (I John 3: 4).  We all have in the past broken them, but are we still breaking them?…

Always Give Thanks

We can only imagine what it must have been like for Jonah as he sat in darkness within the great fish’s belly not just for a day but for three days and three nights. Jonah called it hell to be there and with the voice of thanksgiving did he pray to the Lord and the…