Growing In Christ

The true disciple of Christ, those who have surrendered all to serve the King, are strangers in a strange land here on earth. We serve a kingdom not of this world, but instead the greatest one of all, the kingdom of heaven. However, our temporary life here on this world presses on us and can...

“Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but...

“The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth...

What people perceive is usually what they believe, and this is based on what they hear, see and think. However, not all of our perceptions are in fact truth. We all have blind spots where others can perceive things about us and yet we do not perceive or acknowledge these things. For example...

You have probably heard the expression that we must rightly divide the word of God, but have you ever really wondered what this means? The scriptures actually states from 2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word...

One day while Jesus was speaking with the religious leaders He said, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God” (Luke 16:15). The intent of His message was to point out that...

The Apostle John wrote of Jesus, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). The Lord Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit, remains an everlasting navigator for all who have become citizens of heaven...

Jesus made it very clear that after He departed this world the Father would be sending an advocate, the Holy Spirit, to continue His work in the lives of all who are spiritually reborn by surrendering citizenship in this world. Therefore, He promised that every true believer can experience a...

Anyone familiar with the Gospels knows that Jesus was under constant attack by Satan and his followers. Satan, also known as the devil, relentlessly sought to end the life of Jesus in hopes of ending God's plan of salvation for all of mankind. To this day Satan continues to be a cunning...

As Christians, we live in a world that flows directly opposite of how we are called to live for Christ. This world is full of "every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, hatred, envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice, gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful people"...

Throughout the world there are many who make the claim to be Christian and yet remain spiritually dead. They may read the bible, go to a local church, pray, and yet they remain spiritually separated from God. These so-called believers do all kinds of 'good' works in the name of the Lord and most...