Captive’s Corners

To begin, if you are in Christ, God no longer finds you guilty - Romans 8:1, 31-39 and John 5:24. Outside of Christ and under law, of course, all men are found guilty - John 3:36 and Romans 3:19-20. If you are in Christ, all of your sins have been forgiven - Colossians … [Read more...]

This is a letter written to a student some time ago who said, "Sometimes I feel like I'm real close to God and I've got the Holy Spirit in me. Sometimes in my depression and loneliness I feel God is so far away and that I don't have the Spirit in me anymore." In response to this … [Read more...]

To fast" means "to not eat." For instance, we say we will breakfast (break fast) in the morning because we have not eaten since the day before. Sometimes, we fast due to the fact that we are ill or that there is no food available. At other times, we fast because of a desire to … [Read more...]

Does a Believer Lose His Salvation if He Sins? The answer to this question is found in the very foundation of the gospel itself. When Jesus Christ died for your sins, He died for all of your sins, past/present/future. When you put your faith in Christ, all your debt was … [Read more...]

That Jesus Christ is Lord and He came to bring us life - Acts 2:36; John 10:10b. That we are all born sinners (without desire or knowledge or ability to please God) and, thus, need this life - Psalm 51:5; Romans 3:10-12; Isaiah 64:6; Ephesians 2:1-3. That God has declared the … [Read more...]

I believe that the enemy of your soul (Satan) desires you to be "down" on yourself. He would have you to believe that you are not important or of value or competent. We are constantly bombarded with the lies of the enemy. The great need is to see ourselves as God does and to … [Read more...]

“Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name every one who believes in Him has received forgiveness of sins” (Acts 10:43). “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9). “He is Just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey” (Zech 9:9). The prophets speak of … [Read more...]

I believe that we all have a tendency to carry more of life's burden than we were built to bear. That is why our Lord wrote to us Philippians 4:6-7 and 1 Peter 5:6-7. Now, verse 6 in 1 Peter 5 is the key to our problem. We fail to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God. … [Read more...]

Anger in itself is not bad. Our Lord got angry with the money changers in the temple. He was very concerned about His Father's honor. Seldom, however, is our anger righteous. Usually it is a result of someone crossing us or of things not being the way we want them to be. We all … [Read more...]

Anger in itself is not bad. Our Lord got angry with the money changers in the temple. He was very concerned about His Father's honor. Seldom, however, is our anger righteous. Usually it’s a result of someone crossing us or of things not being the way we want them to be. We all … [Read more...]