Spirit and Truth

     Welcome and Kingdom greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. This week's blog lesson will be taken from the gospel of Mark 12:13, so let us begin. In order for us to have a clear cut understanding of this verse and the prophecy of Jesus Christ. It is vital to understand the context in which this prophecy is being spoken.    It all start s with Mark 13:3-4 where Jesus is sitting upon the top of the Mount of Olives which is across from the temple mount and the temple from where Jesus Christ and his disciples have just left. Overlooking the beautiful and majestic city of Jerusalem. This setting was the perfect place for Jesus Christ to speak forth this prophecy  so that the four Apostles could be able to grasp the fullness and gravity of this powerful  prophecy concerning the state of the Kingdom of God here on earth with the events to follow. Sitting on the Mount of Olives the Apostles Peter, James, John, and Andrew  was askin...

Welcome everyone to the final part of this three-part series of divisions. Where I have been expounding on the devastating effects that divisions within the body of  Christ is causing confusion and fruitless results in the lives of believers. In addition to the turning away of many people from having a relationship with God and Jesus Christ.    The churches whom the Apostle Paul and other Apostles wrote and ministered to received the same gospel message and the same teachings and biblical indtructions. However, because of pride and self-righteousness coupled with our lack of understanding of the word of   God and the teachings of Jesus Christ in the modern-day era of the church, stemming from a spirit of error that are the results of heresy( divisions ) are the reasons we have strife and confusion.   We of the Church today are to have one gospel message and teaching just as the children of Israel and the Church in Apostle Peter's day had from it is be...

 Kingdom greetings to you all in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Last week I left off with saying that a division is a  heresy. So what is heresy?  This word is listed in the book of Galatians 5:20 and is defined by the Apostle Paul as a work of the flesh. Anything that is classified as a work of the flesh is of Satan and is demonic. Webster's Dictionary defines this word as  adherence to anything contrary to church doctrine. So anything that is taught, followed, or believed on by a leader of the church or any believer in Jesus Christ that is contrary to the written and recorded word of God, the teachings of Jesus Christ, or the teachings and instructions of the holy   Prophets and Apostles of Jesus Christ is heresy. The Vines Expository Dictionary defines this word as  Destructive. Heresy is a destructive force within the body of Jesus Christ being perpetrated by both church leaders and members of our congregations. Especially, here in the U...