Further Study: "The promise of the Spirit is not appreciated as it should be. Its fulfillment is not realized as it might be. It is the absence of the Spirit that makes the gospel ministry so powerless. Learning, talents, eloquence, every natural or acquired endowment, may be possessed; but without the presence of the Spirit […]

What can we learn from these texts about how people can be deceived in the last days? 2 Thess. 2:9–12; Matt. 24:11–13, 24; Rev. 19:20. As Christians we must develop a sincere love for the truth. If we do not develop a love for the truth we will be deceived. In the last days God […]

What do we learn about cold formalism in Jesus' condemnation of the Pharisees? Matt. 23:27, 28; Luke 11:39, 40; Mark 7:5–9. Just as in our day Jesus had a problem with formalism. Formalism manifested its self in the legalistic religion of the Pharisees. Jesus condemned the pharisees for their outward formalism  to religion while their […]