Jan 24, 2020 | grace, salvation, sin
It’s takes some stepping over your conscience and over Bible warnings to get into a declining mess. As the country song goes: “The high costs of living ain’t nothing like the cost of ‘living high…” 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, (1)...
Nov 11, 2015 | acts, Israel, Peter, restitution, sin
The Bible definition of restitution is payment for something misused, whether it is defined in the Hebrew, Greek or English. Restitution under the Law of Moses demands the return or compensation to the owner of that which was lost, stolen, abused, or damaged. If the...
May 12, 2015 | Dennis Spackman, salvation, sin
(Dr. Dennis Spackman, M.D., graduated from Open Bible College International in the 1980s. He lived in New Zealand where he practiced medicine for many years. He and his wife, Rowan, as well as his brother, Neil, who handles all his books, study materials, including...
Nov 6, 2013 | reader questions, sin
The question is grounded in doubt. It would be understandable from a lost man who has not read much or any of the Bible, and we should gladly show him what the Bible says about Jesus. The same question from a professing “Christian” makes us wonder who he...
Oct 27, 2012 | reader questions, sin
A short answer on “confession of sins” and “forgiveness of sins”: Our sins have all been paid for by Christ’s death–past, present, future and we are now seated in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 2). That is a POSITIONAL,...