A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26) Ezekiel wrote this book while in exile. Israel had sinned against God and have been … Continue reading A New Heart
Category: SALVATION
How Are Sinners Saved?
Acts 15 In the 1st century church, a debate ensued bordering on how sinners are saved. There were two sides to the debate. One party, the Pharisee party posited that “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” (v.1). Others, including Paul, Barnabas, Peter and the other apostles insisted … Continue reading How Are Sinners Saved?
Good News From A Far Country By — Pastor Kcofie Ferguson
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country (Proverbs 25:25) The language in the text is simple and plain, if you know the experience of thirst and quenching it. When one is thirsty, water is needed---desperately to quench that thirst. In this same analogy, there is a spiritual … Continue reading Good News From A Far Country By — Pastor Kcofie Ferguson
God Makes Jewels
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (Malachi 3:17) Jewel used here is a metaphor for God's people. The Bible uses metaphors often to describe God's people: Sheep, … Continue reading God Makes Jewels
Silencing False Teachers By Sound Doctrine
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake (Titus 1:10-11KJV). AD. 62-64: the Church in Crete is threathened by false teachers, “teaching things which they ought not for filthy … Continue reading Silencing False Teachers By Sound Doctrine