How does a sinner who is at enmity with God at birth become a friend of God? First, what is the Biblical definition of friend? Friend means to have a lively, reconciled, communicative, cooperative relationship with someone else. Other words used in the Bible describing different relations are: relative, brother, enemy, sons of God. What … More Can Sinners become friends of God?

Another paradox of sin is that sinners don’t believe they are sinners; however, they don’t believe they are divinely perfect but just not sinners in God’s site.  This is evidenced by the myriad of religions in the world.  Man, in an attempt to justify himself, creates religions with laws to keep that provide human assurance … More Do Sinners Believe they are Sinners?

There are only  handful of categories of thought in the Bible: God’s work and man’s work; God’s law and man’s responsibility; God’s nature and man’s nature; Church and family order; sin and salvation.  The details of these categories comprise the Bible. Hence when you read through Genesis you are reading the details of these categories. … More Categories of theological thought

The preeminent point in understanding Jesus as a High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek is that He is a High Priest forever. Jesus’ permanence in this position is the benefit to Christians.  Due to the role of the High Priest that He leads us into righteousness and takes away our sin the fact that … More The Order of Melchizedek

What is the High Priest’s job? To lead the people into righteousness and take away our sin. Hence Jesus taught the way of eternal righteousness and He died on the cross and was raised from the dead to atone for our sin.  Since He is the eternal High Priest, meaning there is not another one … More Jesus the High Priest

Since in salvation the soul is regenerated having a sinful nature to a divine nature and you receive the Spirit of God to dwell in you then why do you sin after salvation? Primarily because sin remains in your old man. Now your old man is mortified (Romans 8:13) but this does not mean that … More Why do you sin after salvation?

The Bible teaches that there are three immediate acts taken upon your being in salvation: 1] the regeneration of your soul. 2] the receipt of the Holy Spirt. 3] the death of your old man. Peter’s sermon at Pentecost demonstrates these three acts. When the Jews asked what must they do to be saved Peter … More What happens to you in salvation

In Christian salvation sin is not removed from the ‘old man’ but remains and the deeds of the flesh are mortified.  The ‘old man’ is your body that is visible. Your soul is invisible. Your ‘old man’ was made from the dust of the ground [Genesis 2:7] and is what contains the rest of your … More Sin remains in the old man

Colossians 2:11 says, “and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;” In Christian salvation the old man, the material part of your body, is not converted or rehabbed but it is removed. It’s important to note … More The Old Man is not converted

The Bible discusses the composition of man as three parts: a living soul [1 Cor. 15:45], body and spirit [1 Cor 2:11]. What happens in salvation is the new birth of the soul, mortification of the flesh and exchange of the spirit of man for the spirit of God. The new birth of the soul … More 2 natures at war within one person