Enjoying Life Under the Sun

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...

What must a Christian believe?  All that is promised us in the gospel. For the Bible Tells Me So... Matthew 28:19  “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” John 20:30,31  And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;  but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. The content of our faith is summarized briefly in the Apostles’ Creed. It is called the Apostles’ Creed, not because the apostles wrote it, but because it contains the faith that was handed down to the church by the apostles.  The exact date when it was written is unknown to us, but it is found in its final form about 340 AD.  It was probably written as a teaching instrument for the early converts to the Christian faith and for their children.  It serves ...