Is obedience required for salvation? Are there things we must do or not do in order to receive salvation from sin and eternal life with God? John 8:51 ESV: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” John 14:23-24 ESV: “Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, … Continue reading Requirements for Salvation?
Written in a Song
An Original Work / September 26, 2021 Who is right and who is wrong? It’ll be written in a song. Who’s pretending he is right? Who from truth has taken flight? Who are actors playing you, Hoping you will think they’re true? Stage productions wearing thin While they look at you and grin. Does deception … Continue reading Written in a Song
Where We Invest Our Lives
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart … Continue reading Where We Invest Our Lives
My Whole Being Rejoices
Psalms 16:4-6 ESV “The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I … Continue reading My Whole Being Rejoices
And We are His House If
Hebrews 3:6-15 ESV “But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day … Continue reading And We are His House If
Whoever Says
1 John 2:1-2 ESV “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the … Continue reading Whoever Says
But They Went Out
1 John 2:18-19 ESV “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have … Continue reading But They Went Out
Is it True Love?
So, I had the song “Somewhere Out There” going through my mind for a couple of days, and it was in my mind again when I sat down to write. Some secular songs have a biblical theme to them and can be used both as a Christian or as a secular song, at least in … Continue reading Is it True Love?
Do Not Throw Away Your Confidence
We read in the earlier part of Hebrews 10 about what Jesus Christ did for us in giving his life up for us on that cross for our salvation from sin. And then we are encouraged to draw near to our Lord with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled … Continue reading Do Not Throw Away Your Confidence
Walk Not in the Counsel of the Ungodly
Years ago, when I used to watch TV and movies regularly (gave those up in 2008), I watched a movie called “While You Were Sleeping” (1995). The story line is this: A woman who worked as a ticket seller at the “L” in Chicago had a secret crush on one of the commuters. He fell … Continue reading Walk Not in the Counsel of the Ungodly
Run With It 