So how does God lead us away from temptation?
God gives us choices! So, let’s examine temptation. Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Temptation doesn’t start with God testing you or the devil putting a thought in your mind; it starts with our natural desires for love,...
Why did Jesus ask God to not lead us into temptation?
The religious interpretation is that God tests us and leads us into hardship and trials to perfect our faith. This is Luciferian doctrine which breeds mistrust for God and undermines our confidence in His essential character: love. The Scripture is very clear: Let no...
What was different about the way Jesus prayed?
The reason the disciples wanted Him to teach them how to pray is because they had never seen anyone pray like Him, and probably because they seldom got their prayers answered. Matthew 7:28-29 says people were astonished by His teaching because He spoke with authority....
Join me in Tulsa, OK for — Dignity and Worth: The Life Matrix
Few things are more important for a believer desiring a fruitful life than having a healthy, biblically-based sense of self-worth. Your self-worth controls every aspect of your destiny. But this weekend you will learn to take control of your identity, self-image &...
Was Jesus really tempted just like I am?
This is a truth that the religionist cannot fully accept. Jesus was tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin! Until we accept this we will never be able to follow Jesus’ model with the hope of the same outcome He had: always living in victory. Jesus showed...
Why is God good to us even when we don’t deserve it?
As a believer our entire life revolves around the fact that we are in Jesus. God made a Covenant with Jesus, not with us! Jesus received an inheritance: the Kingdom of God, all the promises of God, and deliverance from the curses of the law. Because we are in Him we...
Shouldn’t people get what they deserve when they wrong us?
That’s the driving logic behind all legalism: don’t let people get by with anything. The legalist thinks making people pay a price will teach them, but the Bible teaches that when people violate civil law they should pay the prescribed biblical penalty. This protects...
Why did Jesus say we need to take heed when someone trespasses against us?
When people experience a trespass, i.e. someone violating their boundaries, they will either forgive or they will have an occasion to stumble. In fact, the word “offense” means “to trip, cause to stumble, to scandalize.” So, when someone declares “I am offended,”...
I have difficulty experiencing God’s mercy when I fail.
Fortunately, Jesus shows us how we can connect to God’s mercy and even expand our capacity to feel His mercy! The law of sowing and reaping can work for us or against us. The destructive things we sow in the lives of others aren’t just given back to us. When we fail...
Why did Jesus say God would only forgive our sins if we forgive others?
That’s not what Jesus said. He said to pray, “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” The word “debt” is not Greek for “sin.” He isn’t talking about your sins toward God; they’re forgiven in Jesus. In this passage Jesus is teaching us how to walk in love,...