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The Wages of Sin
But why do we have to expose or realize our sin? Romans 6:23 tells us, “For the wages of sin is [spiritual] death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Our eternal existence is either life with Jesus Christ forever or eternal separation from Him (see Isaiah 59:2). God’s…
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Discerning Sin
It would be appropriate here to decipher the origin and provocation of sin. After God created the “heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1), He saw what He had made and said it was “good” (verse 31). Later in chapter 2, Adam and Eve were created. Thus, God created Adam and Eve, and they were “good.”…
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Archaeological Discoveries
There are other documents which are still extant (or still in existence).[1] For example, the Ebla archive was found in northern Syria in the 1970s. It comprises the true stories about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (the forefathers or Patriarchs of Israel), as recorded in the book of Genesis (chapters 17-32). These accounts were written on…
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Defining God’s Will
How then do we define God’s will? God’s will is embodied in the concept of love. God could have created the universe, and then reclined from any intervention in the doings of humanity. That is certainly within His right because He is God. However, God did choose to intervene out of love. First, He wanted…
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The Assurance of Eternal Life
Our faith, and the building up thereof, is what constitutes our trust that God will deliver us from this world into eternal life. We do not have any store receipts telling us that we have eternal life. The assurance we have comes from our faith. That is why Jude (brother of the apostle James) said,…