http://christians4worship.com/blog Christians Unite Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:22:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever."  — John 14:16 In the Upper Room, on the night Jesus was betrayed, the disciples were upset and discouraged by what He had been telling them about His impending betrayal and ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2009/01/19/our-helper/ In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. -Ephesians 1:13 What does the Bible mean when it says that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit? In the ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2009/01/14/gods-royal-seal/ "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." -John 16:8 Why has the Spirit come into this world? What does God's Holy Spirit want to do in the life of the unbeliever? The Holy Spirit is very involved in the actual ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2009/01/12/letting-the-holy-spirit-work/ Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. -Jude 1:21 When police officers are in trouble, what do they do? They call for backup. That is what believers need to do as well. When we are being hassled or tempted, ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/12/24/our-back-up-plan/ Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. -1 Timothy 4:16 Theology and doctrine are not trivial matters. Yet there are people today who set aside biblical teaching and say, "I just want to ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-importance-of-doctrine-2/ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? -Romans 6:1-2 I am shocked at what some people today will do and still claim to be Christians. They will blatantly do what ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/15/misunderstood-grace/ Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. -Ephesians 4:15 I remember walking down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki and seeing a man holding a big sign with red flames and the words, "The ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/14/contending-with-care/ For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. -Jude 4 Is it possible to preach and not be a true believer, ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/13/decstruction-by-deception/ "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." -John 14:2 We don't have to be stressed-out or troubled in our hearts, because as Christians, we are going to heaven. No matter what happens, no ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/12/our-great-hope/ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. -Romans 8:28 There are times in our lives as Christians when God will do things or fail to do things that we want Him to do, ... http://christians4worship.com/blog/2008/04/11/the-big-picture/