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’Enter ye in at the strait gate’

Before finishing His sermon on the mount, Jesus adds this admonition to his disciples: "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ..."

Many are called, few are chosen

Not all who are outwardly affiliated with a church — even with a faithful church — not all who have been baptized or who have partaken of the Lord’s Supper will be saved.

’Children, obey your parents in all things’

It is God’s perfect will that children obey their parents in all things – the only exception being when obedience to parents would cause disobedience to God (cf. Acts 5:29). Obedience to parents, God says, is “well pleasing unto the Lord.”

Are You Ready to Depart this Life in Peace?

Are you ready to die and stand before God, your Maker? Are you at peace with God, knowing that your sins are paid for and forgiven for Christ’s sake?

Will Christ’s Church Perish in the Tempest?

In so many ways, Christ’s Church in this world — His little band of true believers — is like that boat being swamped by the waves in the windstorm on the Sea of Galilee. Will it perish?

God breathed breath of life into man - Genesis 2:7

The Scriptures tell us that, when God created man, He formed man's body of the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Man was created in the image of God

The LORD God created the first man and woman in His own image and after His likeness. What does this mean? What happened to that image? Will it be restored?

Praying in Faith - Matthew 8:1-13

The Bible calls upon us to pray in faith, but what is it to pray in faith? Today’s Gospel provides two excellent examples.

The Parable of the Vine and the Branches - John 15:1-8

In the Parable of the Vine and the Branches, Jesus teaches us that only those who abide in Him – those who are connected to Him through saving faith – are able to produce fruit acceptable to the LORD God; and God the Father will cut off those branches which produce no fruit for Him. He also prunes and purges those branches which do produce fruit that they might bring forth more fruit for Him.

Jesus turns water into wine, reveals His divine glory

The result of Jesus' turning water into wine at a wedding feast was a revelation of Jesus' person to His disciples, causing them to believe that He indeed was and is the Son of God and the promised Messiah and Savior of Israel.