In Him Series

Jesus promised that He wouldn’t leave us as orphans but that He would send another Helper, the Holy Spirit, to live in us. And where the Holy Spirit would abide, there the Father and Son would be too. Paul continued in this theme in Ephesians and taught the saints that the Holy Spirit had marked…

How do you chose a plane? When you go to the airport with your purchased tickets, how do you pick a plane? Do you walk around and look for a plane with your favorite color? Or the biggest one or maybe the “newest” one? Do you look in the lines and find where the most…

On Paul’s second missionary journey he preached the gospel in Ephesus for around three years. During that time, despite great opposition, a large number of people were saved and discipled (Acts 18:19-19:41). Here is a summary of what God did in Acts 19:8-11, “8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,…

Do you know what you were made for? You were made to praise God and bring Him glory! Sadly, when you replace your primary purpose with something else it leads to pain, confusion and even destruction. If you tried to use a saw as a hammer it would destroy the hammer and be painful for…

Nothing has every happened that has been outside the plan of God, whether bad or good. God’s plan encompasses everything in all creation, both in heaven and on earth. Sadly, many Christians become distressed when evil comes into their lives because they forget everything is, “Father-filtered.” At the same time, just because God allows evil…

You were never meant to be separated from God. Disobedience to God’s commands brought sin, death and separation to humanity. But because the Son of God became a man, men now may become sons of God. Jesus became what I was, so that I might become what He is. “Union with God” is the phrase…

The will of God is no longer a mystery for the disciples of Christ. Peter wrote concerning the mystery the Old Testament prophets had but now is revealed to us, “10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11 trying…

The command for us to love God with all our mind is too often overlooked because some people think that faith runs opposite of reason; however, all our faith in God is reasonable and logical because God is the source of all reason, logic and truth (John 1:1,14:6). All that exists and all that is true in…

From the death of the first animal to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness, to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross; along with all the animals sacrificed under the Law of Moses; the Bible teaches us that “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22). “In the New Testament, Christ is…

The Law of Moses with its 613 commands was good, but it only served as a schoolmaster teaching us our need for grace. Even though all of us are guilty of breaking God’s laws, God didn’t want us to die in our sins because He loved us (2 Peter 3:9). When Jesus came to earth He revealed…