Romans 4:3 “For what does the Scripture say?” Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”   And then God called Abraham. When God separated Abraham to Himself, He added another people group into the world. The new peopl...

Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.”   From the time that Adam and Eve...

1 John 2:1 “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”   We have seen in this teaching that Jesus died for our sins. We have al...

1 Corinthians 3:1-6 “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. (2) I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you a...

Romans 2:15 “who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   Another consequence of sin is that we wound our conscience. We ha...

Colossians 1:13 “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”   Another immediate consequence of walking in sin is that we now give place to the devil in our lives. So why is that? Whe...

1 John 1:6 “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”   We have already mentioned that when we walk in darkness that we no longer enjoy fellowship with the Lord. This truth is ...

1 John 2:9-10 “He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. (10) He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.”   Before we discuss the consequences of sin, le...

Revelation 2:21-22 “And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. (22) Indeed, I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.” ...

Hebrews 12:5-11 “And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; (6) for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every s...

1 John 2:12-13 “I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake. (13) I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overco...

Romans 2:4 “Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”   Another aspect of grace is manifested through the goodness and patience of God. In the pa...

1 Peter 1:13-16 “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (14) as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former...

Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”   In the p...

John 1:14-17 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. … (17) For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Ch...