Building on the Foundation

  Some time back, there was a post on here entitled, “ How Easy It Is to Be Deceived .” Today’s post may be considered a companion piece to that one, albeit from a rather different perspective: how NOT to be deceived. This world today is flooded with information as never before in recorded history. Well do we see the prophecy in Daniel fulfilled before our eyes: “Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase” (Dan. 12:4). You can find information of all kinds, about every topic imaginable. Some of it’s true and some of it isn’t, some of it’s helpful and much of it isn’t. This ocean of information is littered with icebergs of deceit and fraud. Governments lie to us, the news media lie to us, scientists lie to us, and churches lie to us. And to top it all off, every village idiot and his brother now have microphones to broadcast their opinions far and wide. You’ll find endless rabbit holes of conspiracy theories, some of which turn out to be true and many of which don’t. An...

Have you ever wondered at what point in your life your name gets written in the Lamb's Book of Life? It would seemingly be a turning point in your life, a day when you make a commitment to serve our Creator with all your heart, soul, and might, and not just any old Tuesday. Baptism is an outward symbol of this commitment which takes place in the heart. It is far more than a physical bath, it symbolizes having your sins washed away through the sacrifice of the Son of Almighty God. It is also making a covenant with Him, (more on that later). Have you drowned your old man?   Now before you go commit murder, so that you can answer “yes,”  please consider that I am referring to your old sinful self and not your physical father.   Romans 6:6,  “... our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin .” In order to no longer be a slave of sin we need to kill our old self.  So how exa...