Preliminary reading: Numbers 6; Judges 13:5, 7; Lamentations 4:7; Amos 2:11-12. Is the Nazarite vow for today? Not as a literal vow, but we will see it as a spiritualized consecration. And this will apply specifically toward Pentecostal/Charismatic believers. These
A First Century Pattern
By Leon Bahrman Write the vision, and make it plain… that he may run that readeth it. – Habakkuk 2:2b. The modern church today is a far cry from what it was in the first century. Remember
Grace is also Law
“There can be no question, therefore, of having to speak of anything other than the Gospel…Ruling grace is commanding grace. The Gospel itself has the form and fashion of the Law. The one Word of God is both Gospel and
God’s Timeline
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. – Exodus 20:11 But, beloved, be not
Break the Mold
If you see any of the following statements in an either-or, ‘us versus them’ polarization, you only prove the point of this post. Someone expresses their heart, and you see a political argument in that, and thus fail to
True versus False Grace
…I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. -1 Peter 5:12b. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men,
The Crown of the Anointing
“And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Neither shall he go
The Rapture as Pre-Darby
Today, an objection to the rapture doctrine is that it’s new, even as late as the 19th century. The claim is that J.N. Darby (1800-1882) of the Plymouth Brethren invented it, and that C.I. Scofield popularized it. To disprove this
Abiding in Him
Seeking the glories of His face, abiding in Him is nothing that you can either earn nor maintain- just accept, and all the more in lieu of our shortcomings and imperfections- this is when grace hyper-abounds toward us. We’re told
Grace and the Straight Gate
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which