What are the Basic problems occasioned by the sin of Adam? “Not sure. Trouble in the world?” Sure is a problem—but, “basic?” “I guess not.” There are two; interested in knowing what they are? “Somewhat.” Well, ready or not here they come: GUILT CORRUPTION “Are you going to explain them?” Somewhat. ‘Well, OK. Go ahead.” …
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There has always been a problem of mixing two things together that ought to be separated. When the Bible commands something, there is no question but that a preacher (or anyone else) may say, “Thus saith the Lord” and you must obey it. However, there are all sorts of questions that arise concerning biblical commands …
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What is the Church? We are always hearing of all sorts of organizations beginning that hope to carry on the work of Christ—some may be legitimate; others surely are not. It is the church that Jesus Christ built to carry out His will and do His work; of that, we can be certain. But what …
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So you want to change. “Yes, I’d like to, but I’m not sure that it’s possible. I keep trying, but then find myself going back to my old ways again and again.” You are a Christian? “Yes. I believe that Christ died for my sins and rose again from the dead.” Well, then, there’s every …
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Be imitators of me as I am of Christ. I Cor. 11:1 “Why would Paul say that?” I assume because he thought that they needed to do so—just as we do today. We all learn by imitation from our earliest to our last days. It’s unavoidable. So, we’d better imitate the right persons. “Yes, but …
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