Acts 6:4 says, “But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.” The phrase ministry of the word can be translated as “service of the word.” The work of serving men with God’s word is known as the ministry of the word, and the persons who are involved in this …
We call the forgiveness we receive at the time we are saved eternal forgiveness. This is the forgiveness of which the Lord Jesus spoke when He said, “Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Lk. 24:47). This is also what Romans 4:7 refers to: …
“That which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). We should put John 4:24, 6:63, and 3:6 together: “God is Spirit,” “The words which I have spoken…are spirit,” and “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” The words in the Bible are spirit. The life which a man receives at the …
People are conscious of sex just as they are conscious of hunger. If hunger is a natural, physical demand, then sex is also a natural requirement of the body. For a person to feel hungry is natural and it is not a sin. But if he steals food, then it is sinful. It is something …
When the Lord Jesus was crucified, He not only died in the place of sinners so as to open for them a living way to God and give them eternal life, He took sinners with Him to the cross as well. If the effect of the cross were limited to the substitutional side—that is to …
One of the most amazing truths in the Bible is that the world and the vast reaches of space and of the universe — all that the eye can see and beyond what the eye can see — were spoken into existence by God. The Word of God — God’s own words — are absolutely …
