Are you hiding any secret sin? It will come to the light before long.
Are you doing great deeds unnoticed? They cannot and will not stay hidden.
The true character of every man, woman, and child will break forth in due time.

"There are arrangements in the divine government for bringing out the character of every man so that it may be clearly understood...There are arrangements for developing every man's character, and it will be ultimately known what he is...There is much good, as there is much… Continue

Do not be conformed to the image of this world. But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. We have heard this verse repeated over and over again, but what does it really mean? What is the image of this world that we are not to be conformed to? We know that it's somehow related to following Christ rather than following Satan. But what do we do, say or think, that is conformed to this world? I'm sure we could all list sins here that we say the world does and that we are not to do them, but w… Continue

One's passion for the internet can be healthy, pathologically addictive, or somewhere in between. A variety of factors interact in determining where a person falls on that continuum. Here I will suggest eight such factors that can help clarify the healthy or unhealthy qualities of one's commitment to cyberspace activities, as well the effect of those activities on the person's underlying needs.

1. The number and types of needs being addressed by the activity. Needs can be physiological, intrape… Continue

Purity is an inward desire from our own heart, Legalism is a set of rules that does not change our hearts, also expects others to follow.
In so many ways we have distorted the good news. We have changed it from a freedom in Christ to a list of rules. Lets be honest with ourselves here, a list of rules is nothing more than legalism. That is why time after time in the New Testament we are encourage to not put ourselves back under the law. Paul is often not just speaking of old testament law... he… Continue

"The vision of God always brings the revelation of the utter worthlessness of self, an indispensable prerequisite to effective service for God." - Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament

"Those are fittest to be employed for God who are low in their own eyes and are made deeply sensible of their own weakness and unworthiness." - Matthew Henry

In Exodus 33:20, the Lord God spoke to Moses and said - "...Thou canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live."

Throughout the Bible,… Continue