Bible Articles

Is there a penalty to be paid if I do not serve the Lord?  I believe the answer is “Yes”.  Let’s begin by looking at Deuteronomy 28:47-48 which says, “Because thou servest not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which […]

(REPRINTED FROM THE NATIONAL COURIER) Founder: Victor Paul Wierwille Date Founded: 1957 Name: The Way Headquarters: New Knoxville, Ohio Current President: Victor Paul Wierwille Major School: “The Way College”  Emporia, Kansas Major Publications: The Way Magazine Publications: The American Christian Press: This is their own printing firm which prints most of their books, pamphlets, and The

     Who cares?  Do you?  Jesus Christ gave the command, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15),” nearly two thousand years ago.  And yet the world is not reached.  Why hasn't the world been reached?  Does any one care?1.     God cares.  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that

     Jewish people need to trust Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour in order to be saved just as the Gentiles do.  As far as salvation is concerned, there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile.  The Scripture says in Romans 10:12, “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the

     What a wonderful thing it is to know for sure that you are saved!  A young couple recently asked me, “But, how can I know that I am saved?”  This is a good question and one that is asked often.  Every believer needs to have the assurance that he or she is saved.     I was always led to believe

     Don't follow the numbers game.  The Christian crowd can be wrong!  Once a person trusts the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour, he is saved forever (John 6:37-39).  After a person is saved he is expected to become a disciple.  Are there any indications in Scripture as to how many become disciples or continue as disciples?     First, let's look

     “ONLY BEGOTTEN SON?”  What does it mean?  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).”  Oftentimes children will misquote John 3:16, and say that God gave His only forgotten Son.  Perhaps there is more truth to this than we realize.  For

     Repeated blessings are promised in the Bible for “overcomers.”  Who is the “overcomer”?  Oftentimes believers are confused as to whom these blessings belong because they do not know “Who is the overcomer?”     Who is the overcomer?  The overcomer is the truly born-again-one, who has been redeemed through faith in Christ's blood.  What I am saying is that all true believers

     Contrary to what most people think and have been taught, Jesus Christ spoke in Parables to hide or conceal truth from those who really did not want truth.     Usually you will hear something like this, “Jesus Christ spoke in Parables to illustrate the truth in order that it might be made clear and understandable.”  NOT SO!  Let's let

     “Glory to God in the highest, and ON EARTH PEACE, good will toward men (Luke 2:14).”  This statement was made almost two thousand years ago at Christ's first coming to the earth….God coming and taking upon Himself a human flesh body so that He might become our Savior.  Has there been PEACE ON EARTH?  Not by the wildest

     “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it (Matthew 13:45,46).”     This parable should be studied along with Matthew 13:44, the parable of the hid treasure.  These two parables, we shall see,

     When Jesus spoke of the latter days and the time of His return, He mentioned along with many other signs: pestilences.     Notice what Jesus said in Luke 21:10,11.  “Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights

Rules for interpretationWork from the assumption that the Bible is authoritative.1. The Bible interprets itself; Scripture best explains Scripture.2. Saving faith and the Holy Spirit are necessary for us to understand and properly interpret the Scriptures.3. Interpret personal experience in the light of Scripture and not Scripture in the light of personal experience.4. Biblical examples

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.-Proverbs 11:30     A verse that has influenced my Christian life more than any other is probably Proverbs 11:30.  God says, “he that winneth souls is wise.”  When I first saw this verse I had never led a soul to Christ.  I was newly

     L     Loyalty and LoveTo the whole church program.  One forfeits his right to leadership when he fails to set the example in “complete” loyalty to the policies of the church.     E     Enterprise and EffortA real leader is industrious and sees a way through or around difficulties.  He does not mind working hard and sacrificing in order to carry out his

“And when these begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”  Luke 21:28.     Although there will be no signs of the rapture, there will be signs that will occur just after the rapture as signs of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  There are no signs for the

REPENT:  occurs in the Old Testament 46 times“REPENT”:  occurs in the New Testament 66 timesTotal of 112 times in the Old and New TestamentsNEW TESTAMENT:“REPENT” appears 58 times from: “METANOIA” (24 times) “METANOEO” (34 times)“REPENT” appears 6 times from:“METAMELLOMIA,” which means “to regret or to care after”(Matthew 21:29,32; 27:3; II Corinthians 7:8 [occurs twice]; Hebrews 7;21)“REPENT” appears

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.  Revelation 3:5     This verse is one of the wonderful verses addressed to believers that is often overlooked and misunderstood!  Perhaps

     Russia is mentioned in the Bible in a number of places.  The references are related to the future, a time period that matches up with the time period in which we are living.     Ezekiel chapter 38 tells of a Russian invasion of the Middle East.  Many think that Christians are manipulating the Scriptures to make them say what

Material gathered from Dave Hunt's book the “Woman Rides The Beast”     The Bible declares repeatedly that salvation is not of works and not by the deeds of the law, yet Rome insists that salvation is indeed through works in obedience to its 'new law.'  Vatican II declares that 'preaching the gospel,' a task of the bishops, is

     Satan declared war on God when he attempted to overthrow God long before Adam and Eve were here.  We believe Satan whose name was Lucifer lived on the planet Earth ruling over all of God's angels.  There was plant and animal life plus all of God's angels.  Lucifer planned an invasion of heaven taking a third of God's

Satan is presently called the “god of this world” in II Corinthians 4:4.  Jesus referred to Satan’s Kingdom in Matthew 12:26 when He said, “And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?”  This world and this world’s kingdoms are under the domain of Satan.  When Jesus Christ was tempted

FOUNDER:  L. Ron HubbardDATE FOUNDED:  1950NAME OF CHURCH:  Church of Scientology; United Churches of FloridaHEADQUARTERS:  Saint Hill Manor, London, EnglandBOOKS:  Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health      Scientology and the BiblePERIODICALS:  Freedom: The AuditorHISTORY OF THE FOUNDER:     L. Ron Hubbard was born March 13, 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska.  His father was a naval officer; therefore Hubbard spent much of his youth in the

     Blood is associated with both the first and second comings of Jesus Christ.  When Jesus Christ came the first time, John the Baptist said to Him, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1:29).”  As the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ laid down His life for us on the cross

Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Matthew 13:44.     When Jesus spoke in parables, he spoke not to reveal truth but conceal truth.  Jesus said to His