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Self-righteousness; it's everywhere The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God you will not despise.. (Psalm 51:17). Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself...

The Meaning Of Christmas Christmas is a celebration of the historic moment when God came to earth in the person of Jesus Christ for the purpose of redeeming sinful man. The Christmas story begins not in a manger, but in the garden of Eden. There, God initiated a genealogical line through Adam...

PSALM 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. The Lord should be praised and worshiped joyfully. Notice...

Measure Your Obedience Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you. (Deuteronomy 6:18) It's easy to talk about obedience in general terms; but when it really comes down to it, where do we stand? Are we obedient children or disobedient children? Do we take...

What exactly does the apostle Paul mean in the phrase, "when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive...." (Eph. 4:8) whom did our Lord lead captive? THE BEREAN NOTEPAD Touching lives with the truth of God's Word.

A puppet is controlled by others, a master controls others. A puppet acts according to its strings that are pulled. A master pulls the strings. Without realizing it, many people liken God to a puppet. For example, they say God wants to save sinners, (and He does), but the sinner must let Him. In...

4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they...

Many Evangelical churches teach that while water baptism does not save, it is a testimony to salvation. My question is... where in Scripture does it say "SPECIFICALLY" that water baptism is a testimony to salvation? THE BEREAN NOTEPAD

In 1John 5:16 the Bible says there is "A sin unto death". My question is this; What is the sin unto death? THE BEREAN NOTEPAD

Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted unto them to speak, for they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. [1Cor.14:34-35]...

The doctrine of election declares that God, before the foundation of the world, chose certain individuals from among the fallen members of Adam's race to be objects of His undeserved favor. God could have chosen to save all men or He could have chosen to save none. (God is under no obligation to...

MAN’S FREEWILL--- LOST IN THE FALL No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. [John 6:44] Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him, in love. He predestined...

A Time to be Drunk Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine (New Wine)." Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say...

Greather love has no man than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends....... No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I call you friends,.... John 15:13,15 George Elliot wrote, "Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of...

Road to Destruction That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ROMANS 10:9 What happens when a society rejects the Gospel? When Nazi Germany rejected the moral restrain of Christianity, the weak...

Magnifying Yourself? Mavet is the Hebrew word for death. Dying to self leads to life and joy. Many believers are not happy with themselves at all. They struggle with low self-esteem, with their faults, their weaknesses, their hypocrisies and all the sin in their life, past and present...

In Paul's prayer (Eph.3:16) he ask God to strengthened with might through His Spirit the inner-man. My question, when Paul refers to the inner-man what does he mean? :confused:

Why does God not eradicate a person's sin nature when He saves that person?

HEAVENLY TREASURES (Invest in eternity) “Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal. But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and...