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Christ The Firstfruits
(Copyright 08-01-2025) by Dwight Fleming (Oroville, California) Jesus of Nazareth was called “the lamb of God” by John the Baptist (John 1:29). Indeed, Jesus became a Passover lamb by laying down His life so that we may escape death just as occurred hundreds of years before in Egypt. The descendants of Abraham and Jacob had multiplied in Egypt and eventually became slaves to the Egyptians. God sent Moses to Pharaoh to demand the release of His people. As you know, Pharaoh refused even after the land had suffered various plagues. A final plague was pronounced upon Egypt that would bring death […]
How to Conduct Ourselves as Ambassadors for Christ
(Copyright 05-21-2025) by David F. Maas (Charlotte, North Carolina) To the members of God’s church in Philippi, the apostle Paul writes, “For our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). While some may spiritualize this fact away, Paul’s words come across as literal and real to those who understand that God has called us out of this world (John 15:19) and transferred us into His Kingdom (Colossians 1:13). Having our citizenship in the Kingdom of God by definition makes us aliens in the physical country in which we live. Like ambassadors of a foreign government, we cannot participate in the politics of another country, a practice […]
Conquering Temptation: Learn from Jesus Christ
(Copyright 03-07-2025) by Pat Higgins (Charlotte, North Carolina) “I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.” (I John 2:14) As Christians, we are to follow Christ’s example (I Peter 2:21). Like Him, we seek God’s will (John 6:38), which requires replacing our thoughts with His thoughts. We understand this vital transformation into Christ’s image (II Corinthians 3:18) as the process of overcoming. In Revelation, Jesus urges each church to prevail in this struggle to overcome so it can receive its promised reward (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; […]
The Return of Christ
(Copyright) by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota) Note what follows, and ask yourself what will happen, when the following event takes place. In Rev. 6:16, all nations on the earth will see the sign of the Messiah in heaven. The sign being the “Lamb”. Then ask yourself how said nations will view said vision. First consider that some 1.2 billion or so Christians believe in the return of Christ, the “Lamb”. How will they react when they see said “Lamb”? Will they prepare to war against him, or will they prepare for his coming in peace? But secondly, did you know that another […]
False Doctrines – “Vain” Worship: Does Jesus Christ Really Know You?
by Richard Frates (Easley, South Carolina) Did Gentile believers in the early Christian church, at the time of the apostles, worship on Sunday or observe Christmas and Easter? Scripture demonstrates that Gentile believers observed the same scriptural doctrines as the Jewish believers. Paul taught Gentiles: “Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ” and he praised them for “holding to the teachings” 1 Corinthians 11:1-2. Christian churches today, are foreign to Jesus Christ and the early church. I fear that Matthew 7:21-23 will apply to most of them on the Day of Judgment, “I never knew you: depart […]
Who was Jesus Christ?
by Keith Slough (Kannapolis, North Carolina) The world does not understand. The billions of Earth’s population have not heard. Even many Americans simply don’t know the truth about who Jesus of Nazareth really was. Surprisingly, even some church goers do not know the true identity of Jesus of Nazareth. While most professing Christians do understand that Jesus is the promised Messiah whom we read about in the Old Testament (such as Daniel 9), there are those who cannot identify who Jesus actually was! It’s time you knew. More than One Person in the GodheadWe are told in the inspired scriptures of the New […]
Can We Prove that Christ Could or Could Not Sin?
by Rhoda Foust (Lehigh Acres, Florida) To begin with, can we agree that God made statements and promises and swore to those promises? Did these promises include Christ’s sinless sacrifice and resurrection? If we can agree to these things, then the only argument is whether we do or do not believe God’s words one hundred percent. To reach a conclusion we will look at and study some pertinent scriptures, asking the question, “Could God, in the flesh, have sinned? The symbol ^ will indicate my emphasis on a word or words. Acts 15:18 ^Known^ unto God are all his works ^from […]