Enjoying Life Under the Sun

What is the true repentance or conversion of man?  It is the dying of the old nature  and the coming to life of the new. For the Bible Tells Me So... Romans 6:1-11  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.  For he who has died has been freed from sin.  Now if we died with Christ, we believe th...

Can those be saved who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent walk of life?  By no means.  Scripture says that no unchaste person, idolater, adulterer,  thief, greedy person, drunkard, slanderer, robber,  or the like shall inherit the kingdom of God. For the Bible Tells Me So... 1 Corinthians 6:9-10  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.  Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,  envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you i...

Further,  that we ourselves may be assured of our faith by its fruits, and that by our godly walk of life we may win our neighbors for Christ. For the Bible Tells Me So... Matthew 7:17-18  Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.  Galatians 5:22-24  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.  And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  2 Peter 1:10-11  Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;  for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Matthew 5:14-16  You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill ...

Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace alone through Christ, without any merit of our own, why must we yet do good works?  Because Christ, having redeemed us by His blood,  also renews us by His Holy Spirit to be His image,  so that with our whole life we may show ourselves thankful to God for His benefits,  and He may be praised by us. For the Bible Tells Me So... Romans 6:13  And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.  Romans 12:1-2  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  1 Peter 2:5-10...

What do you believe when you say: I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?  That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and all that is in them, and who still upholds and governs them by His eternal counsel and providence, is, for the sake of Christ His Son, my God and my Father.  In Him I trust so completely  as to have no doubt that He will provide me with all things necessary for body and soul,  and will also turn to my good whatever adversity He sends me in this life of sorrow.  He is able to do so as almighty God,  and willing also as a faithful Father. For the Bible Tells Me So... Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Genesis 18:14  “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a ...

What do you believe when you say: I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?  That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and all that is in them,  and who still upholds and governs them by His eternal counsel and providence,  is, for the sake of Christ His Son, my God. For the Bible Tells Me So... Genesis 1& 2  Exodus 20:11  For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.  Job 38 & 39  Psalm 33:6  By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.  Isaiah 44:24  Thus says the Lord, “Your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb:” I am the Lord, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad the earth by Myself…”  Acts 4:24  So wh...