This study is to show the truth that the Bible declares itself to be the only source for Christian faith and practice. And that the ‘apostles doctrine’ specifically is the doctrine revealing the purpose and responsibility of the Church. read more ...

Text: Rom 12:1-2   1  “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

This scripture tells of the need to present ourselves wholly to the Lord – “a living sacrifice”. A major part of that “living sacrifice” is us allowing the Lord to tell us what is right and wrong. We look to Him to tell us what is important, what is less important, and what is of no value. To give us the correct view of life, or life as He sees it. In v2 we are told not to be “conformed to this world”. i.e. Remain in the mindset of our cultures, our upbringing, and previous experiences that have so far shaped us as persons. We are not to stay the way we are no matter what culture we were brought up in. All are in conflict with Almighty God, all are carnal, and therefore all need to be transformed. All peoples need to be led, and renewed, by the Holy Spirit to be like Christ.

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Multiple denominations and thousands of different churches, show how far from God the minds of believers, as well as unbelievers attending church meetings, are from the Lord and truth. For this reason believers today approach the Christian faith as if it doesn’t matter what you believe. Their approach is that it is ok to ‘join any church you like it doesn’t matter which.  read more ...

There are other ‘laws’ that many miss because they are not so widely recognized as the ‘laws of nature’ mentioned above. We could call these laws ‘spiritual laws.’ These are laws that are known to God’s followers, or His children to whom He has revealed them to. Where the ‘laws of nature’ are essential to life in God’s world, the ‘spiritual laws’ are essential to living the highest quality life possible in God’s world.  read more ...

After the Lord gave Adam his wife Eve, both, knew what life was all about. They knew that they were living in God’s world, and had to live according to His ways. Otherwise they would not be in fellowship with Him. They knew Truth.  read more ...

Adam and Eve’s sons, each made an offering to the Lord. Cain offered the best of his fruit and vegetable harvest. Able offered a young, unblemished lamb from his flock. The well meant fruit offering was rejected and the sacrificed lamb offering was accepted. As far as one can tell both offerings were offered whole heartedly. Why then was the fruit offering rejected? The fruit offering was rejected because it was wrong.  read more ...

What made man wicked? By what judgment was man’s thoughts and heart judged wicked? Democratically among the people, people’s actions would have been found acceptable. By individual’s own judgments their ‘wicked’ actions and thoughts would have been found normal, and therefore acceptable. Genesis 6 is God’s view of the people of the world’s actions and thoughts.  read more ...

Before the flood the people of world had so moved away from the Lord’s ways that He found it necessary to destroy all people except the single family group who had not turned from Him. Now long after the flood the world’s population had grown again. This time into many nations. Once again the world’s population was corrupting itself by worshipping hand made gods and living wickedly. The Lord knowing this was going to happen, prepared a new nation – Israel. They would demonstrate to the corrupting world that there IS only one true God. And that God is Jehovah.  read more ...

There is only one truth, for the Church, given by God and illuminated by the Holy Spirit. Every human being since Pentecost has had to be successfully wooed by the Holy Spirit. Wooed to receive Christ, and then wooed to understand, believe and live according to the doctrines and purposes of God for the Church. We cannot simply believe what is convenient, or what is the popular belief in the time we are living in. Just as we allowed ourselves to be wooed to Christ by the Holy Spirit, we must rely on His lead for us to find, understand and live correct doctrine.  read more ...