Friday DIVE

In our last session … we looked at the role of God the Father in the eternal security of His children … and we saw a number of things about our eternal security that are dependent on the Father.  Those include …   Your Father alone has justified you and He alone will glorify you.   Your […]

INTRODUCTION A.  Can a Christian lose his/her salvation?   Can a person once in Christ ever go back to be in Adam again?    Some say YES.  Some say NO.  What do you say?  B.  Let’s ask another question:  Can a butterfly ever become a Caterpillar again?  The answer is obviously NO.  C.  Similarly, I believe,

  Introduction   The Meaning of Eternal Security Eternal security is the surety that those who have been saved by Jesus Christ will remain saved for all ages. It is based on the understanding that a believer’s salvation is by grace, totally of God, from start to finish.  The believer did not gain his salvation because of something he did

Introduction   The Meaning of Eternal Security Eternal security is the surety that those who have been saved by Jesus Christ will remain saved for all ages. It is based on the understanding that a believer’s salvation is by grace, totally of God, from start to finish.  The believer did not gain his salvation because

WELCOME and THANKS   TEXT FOR DISCUSSION Acts 2:37-39  37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”    38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

      To believe the Gospel is to believe that the problem (between God and Man) has been solved, in Christ. However, to believe the Gospel involves believing that Jesus of Nazareth was God — that Jesus of Nazareth was indeed Emmanuel (God with Us). That was the point Apostle John was making in

OPENING COMMENTS In this session, I want to look at two genealogies and two encounters But, first … a recap (in the form of an audio recording)   RECAP Intro to the theme of Luke’s Gospel … and the concept of the Memra in John’s Gospel … Three things about the Memra (Aramaic for the

  The Gospel is fairly easy to understand … even if it’s hard to believe.  The Gospel, in a nutshell, is that … Man had a problem (with God) that he couldn’t solve. God sent His Son to solve Man’s problem. The Son (Jesus) solved the problem. To believe the Gospel is to believe that

In this edition of FridayDIVE, we take a look at The DEITY of Jesus of Nazareth. Our MAIN TEXT for this study will be John 1:1-14. John 1:1-14   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him

OPENING COMMENTS Part of the Christian life = worshipping God John 4:19-24  19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain,