Building on the Foundation

  When conversing with folks who insist that God’s law is abolished, especially the parts like keeping the Sabbath or abstaining from pork, you’ll often hear something like this: “That was just for the Jews. Nobody else had to keep those old laws.” In essence, they assert that God has different standards at different times for different people. That He invented special laws for the Israelites and never expected anyone else to follow them. They might also dismiss these as “Mosaic laws,” as if they were the product of Moses’ imagination and not Divine instruction! But the truth is, we find these laws in the Bible long before Moses, long before Israel reached Mt. Sinai, and long before Israel even became a nation! When God gave Moses and the Israelites His laws at Mt. Sinai, they weren’t new laws. They were the same laws He established at Creation for all humanity! Israel, and most of the rest of mankind, had simply forgotten them. Consider, for example, God’s prohibition against idol...

  Last time , we talked about how we are expected to conduct ourselves if we want to be part of God’s kingdom. Now let’s shift focus slightly. Can we apply what we know of God’s unchanging character to more then just our physical actions? Like maybe our understanding of His Word and His plan for us? Of course we can! In fact, I dare say, without applying these principles, we will not be able to fully or properly understand His truth and how He expects us to worship Him. God’s Word contains everything that is necessary for us to truly get to know Him, who He is, His character and His plan for us. As we read in 2 Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” Though it is all contained in the scriptures, it is not easy to extract. As Prov. 25:2 says “It is the glory of God to conceal a matt...

  What is truth? When I look at the world around me, I see a generation and society that does not put much stock in truth. In today’s world, someone’s word is meaningless. If you make an agreement with just a handshake, you would be considered a naïve fool. As a general rule, people feel no obligation to carry through with what their mouth has spoken. If you want an example, try selling something on Craigslist or a marketplace and see how many people you go through before someone bothers to show up when they said they were going to. We live in a world where there are no personal consequences for telling lies. Just look at the media or all the politicians in this world. The majority of the masses alive today will not speak the truth if a lie will do. If we were to take to the streets and conduct a poll of random people, asking them what the definition of truth is and how important it is to their lives, I think we would be shocked at the answers we would receive. The majority o...