Is it not a human tendency for man to hope in vain that in time God will forget any sin he has committed for which he has not repented or asked God for forgiveness?

The apostle Peter tells of false prophets who arose in the OT among God’s people who secretly introduced destructive heresies, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.  Many followed their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth would be maligned; and in their greed they would exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

For example, King…

…the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 3:20-21, NASB).

Once when I referred to this passage to show the role of baptism in God’s plan of salvation, a friend of mine objected. He…

“Speak, Lord, Your Servant Hears”

( 1 Sam. 3:9, 10)

The book of First Samuel begins with the story of Samuel’s birth and youth.
Many of us first heard it in our own young years in Bible class. As told to
children, the story focuses on the child Samuel. We learned how Hannah his
mother grieved over being childless, and how she promised God that, if he gave
her a son, she would give the boy back for God’s service. We learned that Samuel
was turned over to Eli the priest and spent his youth “ministering to the LORD (1
Sam. 3:1).”…

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Victimless Sin?

“Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled;
but fornicators and adulterers God will judge” – Hebrews 13:4
In recent years our society has taken a very libertine stance toward sexual sins.
“What is the big deal?” we are asked. “When two consenting adults engage in
sexual intercourse no one is harmed. It is a victimless sin.” We are told that what
two people do in private is no one else’s business. They tell us that the traditional
religious requirement that sex be confined to marriage is outdated.
Fornication is not, in fact, a victimless sin. The ills…

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Do Scientists Believe in God?

Atheists are sometimes heard to say, “All real scientists reject the notion that
there is a God.” If that were true it would not prove whether God exists. History
is filled with times when the consensus of the “experts” later proved to be wrong.
In reality, many of the world’s best scientific minds have believed that there is
compelling evidence to support belief in an intelligent creator. The so-called
“Scientific Revolution” actually began because men believed that the physical
universe is governed by laws which can be studied and understood – laws
established by a great…

Writing to the Corinthians, Paul expressed fear that they might be taken in by false teachers. “For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted — you may well put up with it!” (2 Co­rinthians 11:4, NKJV).

Paul’s concern wasn’t just hypothetical. The letter of 2 Corinthians reveals that false teachers were already at work in Corinth, and some of the disciples were al­ready putting up with…

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Seeing the Unseen

As schoolchildren, we learn about the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and
touch. We use these senses to perceive the world around us, and it’s easy to think
that nothing goes unnoticed. But did you know that there’s a world beyond
human perception? Dogs can hear high-frequency whistles that are completely
silent to human ears, and bees can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers that are
invisible to us. There’s yet another world that’s invisible to us: the spiritual world,
and we often fail to see it.
This unseen spiritual world exists outside our direct senses, but we…

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