by admin | Sep 24, 2018 | Articles
“And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, without sin, unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:27-28 “And many of those sleeping in the earth’s dust shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting abhorrence.” Daniel 12:2 “There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.” Proverbs 14:12 There are a lot of cliffs in Montana. Some could consider them to be dangerous, others could see no problem with them. Whenever my family and I are out in the backcountry, we will not go up to the edge of a cliff, yet I have seen others who will sit right on the edge of a cliff that has a freefall that would cause instant death. There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with sitting on the edge of a cliff. However, from time to time you hear of people who lost their footing and fall from the cliff, to their deaths. Accidents certainly do happen and from my family’s perspective, if you stay several feet away from the edge, there is no chance of accidentally falling off. Sure the view isn’t as great, the awesomeness of looking down and seeing the sights from the edge of the cliff are missed, but the danger is avoided. Now the problem that people fail to recognize is that each individual, without Christ, is on the edge of...
by admin | Sep 15, 2018 | Articles
“For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1st Corinthians 6:20 One thing that many Christians seem to forget is that they were bought with a price. Before we dwell further on some of the ramifications of what this means, let’s take a look at what the Bible tells us about that price. “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” 1st John 2:2 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 Let’s examine this biblical foundational truth that is so often neglected or rather taken lightly. In a modern day culture where biblical truths are hated and everything else is tolerated, it makes no difference how to approach this great truth. Those who hate God will still be dead in their sins. Having been bought with a price is contrary to the world’s philosophies of self. “While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.” 2nd Peter 2:19 Imagine you owned a slave. You bought this man or woman at a certain price. Now whatever tasks that you had intended for this person to do, you...
