The True Children of Abraham Under the New Covenant
Many Christians and Jews still think of Abraham mainly in terms of bloodline, ethnicity, genealogy, circumcision, and national heritage.
Many Christians and Jews still think of Abraham mainly in terms of bloodline, ethnicity, genealogy, circumcision, and national heritage.
The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 is not merely a list of names. It is a testimony. It is a proclamation that God writes redemption into human history, even when that history is stained with sin, sorrow, shame, and unexpected turns.
Many people gladly call Jesus their Forgiver, but far fewer truly receive Him as their Saviour in the full New Covenant sense. They want pardon, but not purification. They want mercy, but not transformation.
Many believers ask, “If God is all-powerful, why does He not stop Satan right now?” Others wonder, “Are human beings better than Satan, since God gives grace to man but not to fallen angels?”
Today, believers passionately seek the gifts of the Spirit, yet very few seriously pursue the fruit of the Spirit. Spiritual gifts are attractive because they are visible, impressive, and often publicly recognized
There is a spiritual deception that has quietly entered many hearts: the idea that more is always God’s blessing, and that the highest mark of divine favor is the size of one’s bank account, property portfolio, or worldly influence.
The apostle John gives us a simple but piercing map of the battlefield: “all that is in the world” flows through three channels — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life
Joshua Points to Jesus: From Physical Israel to Spiritual Israel. There are moments in Scripture where God places a truth so openly in front of us that we can pass over it too quickly. One of those moments is found in a name.
Beyond Religion — Ruling Over Sin by Putting the Old Self to Death. “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!” These sound spiritual. They sound like discipline. They sound like holiness. They sound like a serious Christian life.
Many believers today sincerely love Jesus, read the Bible, pray, and desire holiness — yet they struggle with the local church. Some feel disappointed by hypocrisy, bored by routines, or simply convinced they can grow better alone.
Job is one of the clearest reminders in Scripture that a holy life is not reserved for people with titles. Job was not a king with a throne. He was not a priest with garments. He was not a prophet with a public platform.
Jesus is speaking to the church in Laodicea — people who had a name for being “Christian,” a form of religion, an outward connection to the church — yet their spiritual temperature did not match the Lord they claimed to follow.
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