The Way into New Jerusalem How deep is our conviction that there truly is a celestial city—a real New Jerusalem—that will descend out of heaven and settle upon the site of the present earthly Jerusalem? Is New Jerusalem merely a myth, a poetic exaggeration born from John’s apocalyptic vision? After all, this is the same…

The apostle Paul says that we are light, and we are to “walk as children of light” (Eph 5:8).  Then, in the very next breath he says, “For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness…”  This thus signifying that “light” is equal to bearing the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy,…

To understand God’s plan and purpose of reproducing Himself, we must understand the Law of Harvest. “Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6: 7). Since the beginning, man has sown seed and has harvested that very seed. This law was enacted by God Himself in the beginning. It is a law…

The writer of Hebrews gives us a rare window into the inner vision that sustained Abraham through his long pilgrimage. Scripture says he “looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Heb. 11:10). This single statement lifts Abraham’s hope far above the realm of earthly geography, political nationhood, or human…

Our minds are finite, poorly attuned to the Infinite One’s thought. Our Father said as much. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways…” (Isa. 55: 8). Even when a heart yearns for the truth, when new light dawns, often that heart refuses to believe. And even if the new…

True Christianity is not about a person striving to attain a collection of good deeds and contributions like regularly praying, attending church, paying tithes and offerings, or volunteering time.  The true walk with Christ is not an accumulation of good deeds in hopes of having a better relationship with God.  It is rather a remembering what…

This knowledge is extremely important—if you want to walk with Him. Seekers of God must believe He wants them to grow. Without that faith, they remain spiritually immature, blown about like leaves in the wind. Christ has given clear commands for growth: “Abide in Me” and “Add to your faith” the seven attributes of His divine nature (II Peter…

To fully comprehend and then believe what God is doing in the earth, how He is fulfilling His purpose of reproducing Himself by executing His plan, we must tie together several threads of the biblical tapestry. The threads have been cut and then unraveled through false conceptions spread by either unwitting, gullible, or downright “dark…

The early apostles constantly warned of false doctrines being taught to the new Christians. Since past is prologue and since there is nothing new under the sun, their warnings are valid for us in these last days. A great deception was already sweeping through the little congregations scattered over the Mediterranean world. Paul is warning…

“Arm yourselves with the same mind” Intro: To know Christ and the power of his resurrection, to know Him as He is, we must cease to look at him after the flesh. In other words, though we have known Him in his fleshly encounter with the cross, which is indeed important, we should not continue to…