A Home Church Ministry
These posts deal specifically with understanding the nature of God and the teachings of Christ (Theology & Doctrine). Consider these the bricks with which the Church is to become the “pillar of Truth”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u14gVmlg4Pk&feature=youtu.be What is the right way to leave a church? Should you do it quietly? Should you warn others? Should you talk to the leadership before you leave? Let's reason through these questions together from the word of God and answer this difficult question together. 1 Timothy 1:3–5 (CSB) — 3 As I urged you …
In my first screencast, we talk about the fear of the Lord and how this is the beginning of knowing the nature and person of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2A3H3iSOkk Proverbs 9:10 (CSB) — 10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Proverbs 2:1–5 (CSB) — …
1 John 2:28–3:10 (CSB) — 28 So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of him. …
Continue reading "Theological Reflections: 1st John 2:28 – 3:10"
James 2:14–17 (CSB) — 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm, …
Continue reading "The Mission of Love: What Good is Dead Faith?"
This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister. This introduces us to the concept that conduct exposes certain spiritual realities, and prepares us for John’s discourse on the supreme spiritual …
Continue reading "The Children of God vs. The Children of the Devil: 1st John 3:10"
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God. John unapologetically repeats his assertion that the nature of God is the foundation of Christian life and experience. We display the nature of …
Children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. John’s tender affection for his readers causes him to remind them of the peril of their situation and to be on guard against those who want to lead them astray by convincing them that the …
No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. This verse is the natural deduction of the previous proposition regarding Christ’s mission and sinless nature. John has already talked about God’s Word abiding in his readers (1st John 2:14) and their need …
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness. John refutes the gnostic notion that one can be innocent of sin while practicing lawlessness by connecting sin and lawlessness together and showing that they are one and the same. And this doctrine is particularly relevant to the Church today as many pulpits teach …
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness. The beloved apostle brings his epistle to its apex by identifying what differentiates the children of God from the children of the Devil and confronting the gnostic dichotomy between “sin” and “lawlessness” that many believed made it possible to “be righteous” while living in …
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