The Difference Between Soul and Spirit
Until we understand the difference between soul and spirit and how they relate to our physical body, the Bible will be much more confusing than necessary.
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4 Things to Remember During Transition
Transition is a part of life. We all go through changes of seasons for various reasons. Here are four lessons learned that might encourage you when you find yourself in a time of transition.
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God’s Grace Empowers Us
God’s grace empowers you to take action. The action we take in response to God’s grace releases our faith, and makes God’s grace effective in our lives. Passivity is receiving God’s grace in vain. Scripture makes this connection between God’s grace and our faith very clear.
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The Problem with Passively Waiting on God
Passivity is a disease which is crippling the Body of Christ. As a result, a great many believers are passively sitting back and waiting for God to show up and do stuff on their behalf. Yet even when the Bible talks about waiting on the Lord, it is not endorsing passivity. In truth, those who are passive are receiving the grace of God in vain.
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Your Mindset Matters
Our mindset and what we believe in our heart has infinitely more bearing on the course of our lives than any external factor such as the color of our skin, our economic status, the country we were born into, and so on. In truth, the mindsets you hold in your heart will determine how far and how fast you move forward in the things of God.
Does Predestined Mean God is in Control?
There are three key passages where Paul uses the word predestined which are often used as evidence to support the theology that God is in control and arbitrarily deciding the eternal fate of every person. Does that view hold up when we take a closer look at those passages?
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Potter and the Clay
Many interpret Paul’s reference to the potter and the clay saying the clay does not have power over the potter to mean God is in control and arbitrarily decides everything which happens in the affairs of men. Yet when we look at the account of the potter and clay God showed the prophet Jeremiah, we see God explicitly gives us an entirely different interpretation of that analogy.
Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart
Some interpret Paul’s reference to hardening Pharaoh’s heart as evidence that God is in control of what happens here on earth. Yet when we look back to the account in Exodus with an eye to see, we find a pattern of progression entirely inconsistent with God arbitrarily deciding in advance to harden Pharaoh’s heart.
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Jacob, Esau, and God
What did Paul mean when he said God loved Jacob but hated Esau? Many interpret that to mean God is in control and arbitrarily decides whom He will bless and from whom He will withhold His blessing. But when we look deeper into the scriptures we see Paul was getting at something entirely different from that interpretation.
Powerful Faith Released by Believing and Speaking
Faith is misunderstood by many. Some assume God will plop faith in their hearts if He wants them to have it. Others try to fake it ‘till they make it. But neither of those approaches work. Instead Jesus told us how to release powerful faith when the words we say come into alignment with what we truly believe in our hearts.
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