Moving Beyond Parables

<p>There is precedence throughout the Bible showing God’s desire that men prove they love him more than these (John 21:15-17). This can only be identified to God after men have been tried and made weak through it. As a...

<p>Man is made to glorify God. His very image was meant to make men think of God. His likeness was purposed to do the same. As also with God, man was to govern the dominion delivered to them by God and subdue any...

<p>John 4:23 says that God seeks those who worship him in spirit and truth. When looking at the men who died during the flood, God saw their hearts wicked and their conscience not good before him as they perpetually...

<p>A distinctive knock is at the door. The visitor on the other side of the door is coming to see each of us individually. He has important things to say that will heal the house's owner. He is making the rounds, moving...

<p>God made humanity intending to have man progress unto glorification. This is the Lord’s vision for us. This vision follows a holy trajectory of God foreknowing man, predestinating man, justifying man, and eventually...

<p>Adam and Eve’s fall into sin was a tragic event that if not for the mercies of God, all of humanity would be doomed. The Lord’s call unto the fallen Adam by name as recorded in Genesis 3:9 is the extended hand and an...

<p>The Apostle Paul observed that the saints of God are at war with principalities, and powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. These bloodthirsty beasts fight...

<p>What is real strength and where does it come from? Is it a thing manufactured by men? Or does nature show that "real" strength originates and is shared with men from Heaven? Men may have a preconception of strength...

<p>God’s salvation is very specific. It is offered unto all humanity but will only be benefited by those among mankind who align themselves with the Lord’s means to obtain it. It is an invitation for salvation that...

<p>A person cannot relate to God or know him unless he or she is sanctified to him; but how is this accomplished? In this episode 8 discussion, the theology of sanctification is biblically explored to emphasize its...

<p>The actions of Jesus casting out the money changers from the temple in Jerusalem is an informative example of the Lord’s intended purpose of how the sanctuary of God must be utilized. Sadly, some have grossly...

<p>Humanity’s initial home on Earth was intended by God to reside in the Garden of Eden, the paradise within paradise. But due to man’s sin, he was expelled from God’s sanctuary to live out their life as defiled and...

<p>God said, “Because Caleb had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went, and his seed shall possess it” (Num. 14:24). What compelled Caleb to stand in hope...

<p>This part 2 discussion on "The Kingdom of God: God’s Ark of Safety” further explores the importance and value of becoming a citizen of God’s kingdom from a continued theological perspective. So much is discussed...

<p>Eventually, sin develops into iniquity. It never stays idle as it has the insatiable appetite to encompass all it can. Anyone trapped in its grips will be consumed by it as it slowly brings death to the one it has...