Truth

Self Control IS a Salvation Issue

Brother Michel Lankford Question: What are some scriptures that talk about self-control? To be “Self-Controlled” is a FRUIT of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-26). That means that self-control is a RESULT that will occur when we allow the Holy Spirit to rule over us instead of being dominated by our sinful nature. To be self-controlled means that you are MODERATE and NOT extreme or excessive in anything. It means that you are balanced and temperate. A person who lacks self-control is like an unprotected city with no defenses (Proverbs 25:28). In other words, a person with no self-control is unprepared Read more…

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The SAME Grace that Saves Me is the SAME Grace that Helps to OBEY God’s Commandments

“I COULDN’T Obey Successfully WITHOUT His Grace, BUT With His Grace, I CAN.” As a 30-year veteran of discipleship ministry, I always find it more than a little bit staggering Whenever I try to help Christians to obey any Biblical Principle so that they can overcome their challenges in life. You can give people clear sound and direct Biblical advice, and the knee-jerk response will almost always be the same. You know what it is. All of us have heard this reply, and many of us have used it before: “We don’t have to do that, we’re Under Grace.” Sometimes Read more…

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Do You Only Like Paul the Apostle When it Suits You?

By Brother Michel Lankford Have you ever had a friend that comes to you, and they love to cry on your shoulder? That is, they love to tell you about all their problems and bemoan the challenges in their life to you, while you give them understanding and sympathetic glances and not your head. We’ve all experienced that at one time or another. Sometimes we have been the sympathetic understanding friend, and other times we have been the ones crying on somebody’s shoulder. So, let’s say that you’ve heard your friend verbalize their painful situation for the fifth time this Read more…

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Have I Done Right or Have I Sinned?

Brother Michel Michel Lankford Many people go around aimlessly wondering if a certain behavior or attitude is a sin. They constantly ask things like, “Is it a sin if…” You would be surprised how often that question comes across my news feeds every week. Is (X) behavior a sin? I get asked this A LOT. I would say that question hits my news about 2 to 3 times every week. That is why I am motivated to write this post. People who ask the question are often woefully misinformed about what sin means in God’s eyes. They are not using Read more…

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Why can saying the truth get you hated, slandered, or worse, killed?

Jesus explained the reason: Yahshua/Jesus (ישוע) the Messiah is the Way, the Truth and the Life, (John 14:6); which means that whenever people are resistant to the truth, they are in reality resisting Jesus Christ, whether they realize it or not; and whenever anyone is resistant to Jesus Christ, to His Standards, and resistant to His Words, they are not just resisting religion, they are resisting the truth, whether they realize it or not. As It Is Written: ““He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed Read more…

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