Holy Spirit baptism was a specific divine promise, administered by Christ, poured out on the apostles at Pentecost and on the household of Cornelius to open the door to Jew and Gentile — not a general experience to be sought, and not the baptism commanded of…
The New Testament speaks of five different baptisms, but only one is the commanded baptism in force for sinners today; rightly dividing the five guards us from both neglect and counterfeit. A single word can carry several meanings, and nowhere does that cause more mischief than…
The sin that struck Ananias and Sapphira dead was not stinginess and not even mere lying to men; it was hypocrisy before God — the loss of the sense that God inspects the heart — and that sin is as deadly to a congregation now as…
The Lord chose twelve very different men to lay the foundation of His church, and in their variety He teaches every congregation that He has a place and a work for every kind of faithful disciple. We are tempted to look at the apostles as giants…
The resurrection of the dead is a single, universal, bodily, and final act of Christ’s authority in which every person will rise at His voice—some to life, and the rest to judgment.
What is Hades? This lesson shows from Scripture that Hades is the temporary realm of the dead, not the final lake of fire, not purgatory, and not the end of consciousness. The dead remain conscious, their condition is fixed, the resurrection is still future, and judgment still lies ahead. Christ entered Hades but was not abandoned there. Therefore men must stop speaking loosely about death and get right with God now.
God invites honest conversation: “Come now, let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18). He calls us to face sin, repent, confess, and align with His truth—not tradition or pride. Will we listen and obey?
Many avoid God fearing questions, but Scripture shows He welcomes honest reasoning. An open conversation with God requires admitting sin, accepting correction, repenting, and confessing—leading to freedom and forgiveness through submission to His revealed truth.
Faced with the undeniable resurrection of Lazarus, the religious leaders made a deadly choice. They chose to protect their institution and status rather than submit to the truth.
Jesus gives the command that raises the dead, but He immediately assigns a task to the living. Discover the church’s vital role in discipleship and sanctification.