The subject of human salvation and the afterlife logically ought to be man’s most compelling issue. Why? Because life itself and its preservation is foremost to us all. The status and continuation of life beyond this life is of paramount importance, again assuming one is thinking logically. Nothing man faces, whoever he is, wherever he is, or whenever he is can compete with that issue in importance. Continue reading “Christ Drew All Men to Him (Part 1)”
Since personal salvation is contingent upon one’s believing on the Lord Jesus Christ and His substitutionary death on our behalf, what, then, is the status of babies who did not live long enough to understand or exercise that required faith? What happens to babies, newborns, still-borns, and the aborted whose lives were cruelly terminated while they were still in the womb? Continue reading “Babies in Death Remain Redeemed”
We have described the immaterial, that is, the non-physical aspect of the human spirit, as that which animates and sustains our physical body. While the spirit if not subject to observation, and no scientific laboratory has ever observed it, the Bible really makes an undeniable case for it, as referenced many times in both the Old and New Testaments. We already noted its surfacing the first time in Genesis 2, when God imparted the spirit as the breath of life into Adam’s just-created but not yet alive body. Continue reading “The Biblical Validation of the Human Spirit (Part 1)”
Under present consideration on Christianity Clarified is the most important and complex component of your personhood. It is little understood and under-appreciated. Yet, its importance cannot be overestimated. Why is that? It’s because this component is going to go right on living after your physical body dies. Given this reality, we ought to pay very close attention to this immaterial aspect of our being. Continue reading “What Comprises the Human Spirit (Part 4) “
The Genesis text in chapter 2 is very forthright. God breathed into Adam’s nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living soul. The “soul” constitutes the totality of our personhood. It appears the soul is part physical in our body and part non-physical in our spirit. Spirit plus body comprises the soul. A distinction between them is made in the Magnificate of Mary in Luke 1. Upon hearing the angel Gabriel tell her she was to be the mother of Israel’s long-awaited Messiah and Savior of mankind, the virgin Mary exclaimed, “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior.” Continue reading “The Origin of the Human Spirit (Part 1)”
As strange as it seems and sounds, it is non-the-less true. Spirit created matter, or it might be said that non-matter created matter. That is a stretch, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that nothing created something. When it is said that non-matter created matter it is not to say nothing created something but, rather, Spirit created something. Spirit is non-material, but Spirit is not “nothing”. Spirit is simply not physical. Continue reading “Spirit-God Created Matter (Part 2)”
We know that God is Spirit because Scripture reveals it generally and Christ asserted it specifically in John 4, when He declared God is Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. But this is still a mind-bending concept, isn’t it? Consider, spirit does not occupy time and space. In eternity, there is no matter, no substance, and no time, nor is there any need for such. All we can say of the eternal spirit is what Isaiah stated in his 57th that God inhabits eternity. Continue reading “Spirit-God Created Matter (Part 1)”
It would seem only logical that with Christ ruling and reigning on the earth following His defeat of the Antichrist all would then be well with the earth. Satan is confined to the bottomless pit, the carnage of Armageddon will be passed, and the utopia longed for by humanity since the time it was lost in Genesis 3 has finally arrived. Poverty and disease will be no more. Righteousness will cover the earth. Continue reading “Christ – In the Eternal State “
George Frederick Handel, understandably struck by the claims of the Word of God as he read the 11th chapter of Revelation, was compelled to set it to music. Out of his fascination and compulsion, the famous oratorio bearing his name and the name of his subject was born. Known worldwide and performed frequently with great exuberance, Handel’s Messiah, or Jesus, the Messiah, as seen and set to music by George Frederick Handel…what an elaborate, absolute masterpiece. Continue reading “Christ – His Ultimate Reign “
Given the various governments established today that are entrenched in power throughout the world, it is, indeed, difficult to image them all swept aside as they are forced to fold. Kings and presidents, dictators, warlords, prime ministers, all existing heads of all existing states, in excess of two hundred governmental entities will come to an abrupt end. None shall be able to stand against the long-absent but returned King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Continue reading “Christ – His Ultimate Judgment “
Those familiar with the subject of biblical prophecy will recall the many times the coming of Christ is mentioned, but, what many do not realize is that both the first and the second comings are referenced multiple times, scores of times, and the Second Coming is prophesied in much more detail many more times than the prophecies concerning His first coming to Bethlehem as the Babe in the manger. Continue reading “Christ – His Second Coming (Part 2 )”
There is, perhaps, no issue that so captures the imagination of the world at large more than the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Such has been the case since His departure from the Mount of Olives, when He bodily ascended out of sight in the presence of His apostles. And, it may be said with certainty that no one then believed two thousand years would pass, and His promise of returning would still not be realized. Continue reading “Christ – His Second Coming (Part 1)”
The coming of Christ for His Church is a truth that is fraught with controversy among believers in the Lord Jesus. Much of the controversy could be eliminated by a careful reading of 1st Thessalonians 4, 1st Corinthians 15, and Titus 2. In this latter reference of Titus 2, believers are admonished to be looking for the “blessed hope in the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” Continue reading “Christ – His Coming for His Church “
For many people worldwide who are not aware of what the Bible says, Jesus Christ came into existence when He was born of Mary in Bethlehem. Well, it’s certainly true that His humanity began there, just as the familiar Christmas story reveals it. But His beginning in Bethlehem must be limited to His humanity. While that was His historical, human point of entry, it was most-assuredly not His beginning as a Person for in His personhood, He had no beginning. Continue reading “Christ in His Pre-existence “
It becomes obvious, as we pursue an explanation of the attributes of God that there is a lot of interrelatedness between them. The spillover of one attribute into another becomes inevitable; hence, some repetition is also inevitable. Yet, each attribute, in and of itself, has peculiarities of its own worthy of elaboration. Continue reading “God – His Eternity “
