The Church is NOT Spiritual Israel: Romans 9:22-29

As I said in my last post, Romans 9 has a series of contrasts and this post will feature yet another one. “What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering THE VESSELS OF WRATH prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches [...]

The Church is NOT Spiritual Israel: Romans 9:14-21

“I’m idling in idol!”
The shift in Romans 9 now turns to Moses. “What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy and will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So then it is [...]

Joel Osteen and Positive Confession

We observed Joel Osteen’s message this morning and came away with an impression that he was supporting Positive Confession and speaking things into being. He used Jeremiah as an example of using negative words in his beginnings and God rprimanding him for that. “Ah, Lord God, I cannot speak, for I am a youth”- Jeremiah [...]

The Church is Not Spiritual Israel: Romans 9:6-13

I really think the word of God is happier when truth is applied to its meanings. “It is not that the word of God has taken no effect. FOR THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL WHO ARE OF ISRAEL” Romans 9:6. Has this verse taken you by surprise? “God is not a man (for the Latter [...]