The kingdom of God is a present and an eternal kingdom. We enter into, and live in, the kingdom by faith. It is a kingdom of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual kingdom, a kingdom of the heart, which has physical...

We enter the kingdom of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. We live in the kingdom by that faith — the reality of our redemption from sin and of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans...

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). This was Jesus’ response when Pilate asked if He was King of the Jews. Consider all that Jesus said: Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my...

While each of us is a citizen of a country and subject to a local, state (province), and national government, we are also part of a spiritual kingdom. It is either the kingdom of light or the kingdom of darkness, and...

The well-known hymn And Can It Be written by Charles Wesley has the following chorus: “Amazing love! How can it be That Thou, my God, shouldest die for me!” When you consider what Jesus did for us, the promises He has...

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14). Have you ever heard a person say, “As a Christian, I am under grace, not under the law,” or “The Old Testament is...

The influential and articulate English jurist, William Blackstone, defined law as “a rule of action.”  In his Commentaries on the Law of England, Blackstone made distinctions among the law of nature, divine or...

Part IV: The Charge Scripture makes it clear that every person born of the Holy Spirit has the victory over sin and death because of the sacrificial life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, our Savior and Lord. There is...

Part III: The Rewards The first step in “the renewing of your mind” is being “born again,” or born of the Holy Spirit. When we acknowledge that we have sinned and “come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) we must...

The contrast between physical light and darkness, and the analogous contrast between spiritual light and darkness is an emphasis throughout Scripture. The first time we see it is in Genesis. “The earth was without form...

John the Baptist was a very interesting individual. We know he was “filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb” (Luke 1:15), that he lived in the wilderness, ate locusts and honey for food, and dressed in...

When Jesus began His public ministry in Galilee He commanded certain individuals to follow Him.  He first approached Andrew and his brother Simon (whom Jesus renamed “Cephas,” which means a stone) at the Sea of...

The kingdom of God is a present and an eternal kingdom. We enter into, and live in, the kingdom by faith. It is a kingdom of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual kingdom, a kingdom of the heart, which has physical...

We enter the kingdom of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. We live in the kingdom by that faith — the reality of our redemption from sin and of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans...

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). This was Jesus’ response when Pilate asked if He was King of the Jews. Consider all that Jesus said: Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my...

While each of us is a citizen of a country and subject to a local, state (province), and national government, we are also part of a spiritual kingdom. It is either the kingdom of light or the kingdom of darkness, and...

The well-known hymn And Can It Be written by Charles Wesley has the following chorus: “Amazing love! How can it be That Thou, my God, shouldest die for me!” When you consider what Jesus did for us, the promises He has...

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14). Have you ever heard a person say, “As a Christian, I am under grace, not under the law,” or “The Old Testament is...