This is a loaded question. The answer can start a firestorm of outrage over one’s intolerance and close-mindedness. Let me say that I am not intolerant or close-minded, at least not in the traditional sense. However, I do believe in absolute truth. Also, I do believe in logic. Finally, I believe that the Bible is true and, as a result, that Jesus Christ is the perfect incarnation of God. That said, let’s answer the question, “Do only Christians go to heaven?”. Continue reading
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Choosing the Best Course of Action
Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall : but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
This verse teaches us that it is not wise to go it alone. We are all falliable and need counsel because our own reasoning by itself will fail us. Our very nature is revealed by Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it? Continue reading
Preface to the Ten Commandments
We often refer to the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. I was recently rereading them and the two verses preceding the Commandments caught my eye. Here they are:
Exodus 20:1-2 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
I noticed three principles revealed in these verses. Continue reading
Dependence upon God
Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
This verse informs us that a person may decide a direction to take in life and may plan how to get there, but it is the Lord Who guides his steps. This is dependence. As Jesus stated in John 15:5, “without me ye can do nothing”, we cannot prosper without divine assistance. Continue reading
Power in the Day of Death
Ecclesiastes 8:8a There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death:
Death affects all. It is an event over which we human beings have no control. It can occur in a moment and forever change the lives of those still here. Continue reading