For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Obeying the Gospel - November

The gospel calls for a change much deeper than simply changing our "religious affiliation." If the only thing that is different after we've been baptized is that we "now go to the right church," it may be that we've still got some changing to do.

For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Obeying the Gospel

After Baptism, What’s Different?

"Resurrection" sounds good, but there is some dying that comes first. If there is anything other than God that we won't give up, then the devil has our heart. "Give it up," Jesus says. "Hold on to it, and you will die. But die, and you will live."

For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Self Must Be Crucified

"Henceforth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness," said Paul. It is only the rugged who will receive this crown, those who have fought and run and been tested. "The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown" (Ambrose).

For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Henceforth

We haven't "chosen life" if we're not doing the kinds of things Moses commanded Israel to do in Deuteronomy 30:20, "loving the Lord your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to him." Choosing life is not a passive experience but an active one.

For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Choose Life!

The Berean Jews knew that the ultimate test of Jesus' messiahship was scriptural: if this Jesus was the person the Hebrew prophets had spoken of, then everything about Jesus would interlock with what had been prophesied about the Messiah.

For more information, visit http://AreYouaChristian.com

Testing Everything by the Scriptures

WordPoints