Tag: righteousness

Glory to God

God wants to have an intimate relationship with all of us.  This is why he sent his son to die on the cross on our behalf – so that we might place our faith in Jesus and thereby receive the indwelling of the Holy…

Jesus and the Law

Before Jesus arrived on the scene, those who worshiped God did so by following a list of laws outlined in the Old Testament of the Bible.  The religious leaders of the time had expanded these laws into 365 prohibitions and 248 commandments.  No one…

God’s Gift to Everyone

Before Jesus arrived on the scene, the Jewish religious leaders known as the Pharisees taught that the only way to get into the Kingdom of Heaven was through righteousness.  Righteousness is the quality of being right in the eyes of God.  Essentially, righteousness is…

Have You Been Born Again?

Jesus tells us we cannot enter the kingdom of God unless we are born again.  Our natural birth is how we entered this world and our spiritual birth is that which propels us into the kingdom of God.  Entrance into the kingdom of God…

Knowing Jesus

  All of history came to a climax when Jesus arrived to provide us with salvation and eternal life.  The first half of the book of Ephesians is an exploration of this gospel truth.   We begin by learning that if we know Jesus, it…

The Teachings of Jesus

The Bible is the most important document known to mankind.  Within the pages of the Bible, we learn about our Creator, we learn about the battle between good and evil, and we learn about our Savior, Jesus Christ.  Every page of the Bible is…

Mercy

You do not deserve God’s favor.  No one does.  It is not until we have fully accepted that understanding that we can even approach God.  There is absolutely nothing we can do to achieve God’s standard of righteousness.  Our only hope is that God…

Sin

In chapter seven of the book of Romans, the apostle Paul takes us on a journey through our transition from unbeliever to believer, saved by the blood of Jesus.  Before trusting Jesus we were slaves to sin.  Sin is the act of going against…

Baptism

As a Christian, you have left your old life as a slave to sin, and transitioned into your new life as a slave to righteousness.  Baptism symbolizes that death and resurrection. “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that,…

Grace = Unmerited Favor

The first man, Adam, made a mistake and went against the will of God resulting in banishment from the Garden of Eden and a loss of his eternal existence; Adam and all of his descendants to follow would now be assigned a time to…