Tag: is it a sin
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Am I Destroying God’s Temple by Getting Tattoos, Smoking, Drinking, or Anything Else?
Ask your questions at Christoa.com, on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, or LinkedIn. …your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you (1 Corinthians 6:19). One of the most interesting arguments I have heard from people who are trying to get others to adhere to their own standards of abstinence is, “Your…
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How “Good Things” Distract Us From God Things
In the previous chapter, we saw that Christ’s word is the final word and that He alone upholds all things by the power of His word. We have discovered that if we really believe in Jesus as Lord, we will choose Him over school, work, hobbies, free-time, and anything else. None of these things has…
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Real Prayer VS. Cheap Religious Substitutes
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…
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Real Prayer VS. Cheap Religious Substitutes
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…
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The Forgotten Beauty of the Church Meeting
I want to ask you a question, and please feel free to answer in your own mind. What are you looking for in a church? Keep your answer to yourself for now. Second question, do you think church attendance is important and why or why not? There are two possible ways to answer these questions.…