And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’  If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s […]

8 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18-19 Is belief and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ reasonable? Some would say no. Some would say that believing in God […]

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:20 These were shocking words spoken by Jesus to the people. The everyday, ordinary Jew considered the scribes and Pharisees as righteous. The Pharisees also considered themselves to be virtuous.  This is depicted […]