Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy What can possibly be the problem with being a perfectionist, and are we not all supposed to do our very best on every occasion anyway? The Bible tells us that we should do everything well – it never says ‘perfectly’. We are … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The Old and the New Covenants Under the Old Testament righteousness (acceptance by God) was achieved by obeying all the laws God gave Moses. Obedience to every single one of the 613 or so laws was required, which in addition to all … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The Bible says: Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Surely, we would all like to know that God accepts each of us as His very own ‘children’! So we need to know; … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The different ways God talks to us 1. By reading the Word – the Bible The Bible is the ‘Logos’, the inspired word of God, recorded for our benefit, and everything else – any other way we hear from God, inclusive of … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The prophetic promise The baptism in the Holy Spirit was promised many years previously by the prophet Joel. Joel 2:28-29 … I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The Old and the New Testaments, and the Old and the New Covenant As a new Christian, we are all normally told about the Old Testament and the New Testament, and the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, and either told, or … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy A biblical covenant may be defined as a promise by God, formalised in a legal agreement with benefits for adhering to and penalties for violating the terms, that is solemnised by a sacrifice and guaranteed by an oath. In biblical times the … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy One life We each have just one life to live, and after that we all face judgment, with Jesus as our Judge. For believers it will be a judgment to determine rewards, but for the lost it will be to determine their … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy Timeline of the End Times Illustration What is the Resurrection? The resurrection is the restoration of one’s body to life. When we die, as believers in Christ, our spirits go straight to Jesus. For example we can see Stephen, when martyred, was … Read more
Read online or click on the link below to download a PDF copy The ‘laying on of hands’ is mentioned as one of the foundational or basic doctrines of the church in Hebrews 6:2, but it can also be found in the Old Testament. Old Testament Blessing and Authority The laying on of hands is … Read more