Articles by Jason Patrick Hilburn
If we know the Truth but refuse to live by it, this reveals a tremendous lack of love on many levels.
• A lack of love for God: If we truly loved Him with all our hearts, we would be doing His will to please Him and to be with Him forever (Mt. 22:36-38; 1 Jn. 2:3-4; 5:3).
• A lack of love for Christ: If we truly loved God’s Son, we would be obeying Him out of gratitude for His selfless sacrifice: “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (Jn.… Read more
Acts 15 records the apostles and elders meeting in Jerusalem to resolve a crucial issue: Did Gentile converts need to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses to be saved? Peter, Paul, and Barnabas all argued against binding the Law. James agreed and said, “Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols [i.e.,… Read more