Someone I knew from my childhood passed away recently, and the death of someone we know often has a way of reminding us of what is most important. The older I get, the more people I know who leave this life and go on to the next. Places I knew when I was young are not the same as they were when I was growing up, and I am constantly reminded that this world and everyone in it is passing away.… Read more
Category: Worldliness
It’s Called Fornication
Having sex outside of a God-approved marriage is called fornication: “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2). The Bible plainly says that those who commit fornication without repenting and becoming faithful to God will not be going to Heaven: “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these…fornication…of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19-21; cf.… Read more
Lawbreakers Will “Receive Damnation”
Here is an unpopular truth: God commands, “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors…For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men” (1 Peter 2:13-15).
Did you see the word “every”? This would include laws that some people consider trivial, such as wearing a seatbelt, obeying the speed limit, or obeying copyright laws.… Read more
Living Like an Animal
There was a time in my life when I was basically living like an animal, rather than a spirit created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26, 27). I was only seeking to fulfill my selfish desires.
… Read more“So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee” (Psalm 73:22).
“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.