March 2013 – Hope for the Balkans

1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The Word of God deals exclusively with the question of the dead’s resurrection in 1 Corinthians Chapter 15. From this chapter, we understand that the Corinthians held a position similar to Hymenaeus and Philetus in 2 Timothy 2:18. Concerning them, the apostle Paul tells his spiritual son Timothy (2 Timothy 2:16-18):

16 Avoid godless chatter because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. Continue reading “Our Resurrection – Future And Bodily”

The Role of Christ in Salvation

Salvation has two sides. The first is that which our Lord Jesus Christ did. Jesus Christ is the core of the gospel. Without his deed, without his mission nobody could ever be saved. What was His mission? His mission was His birth on this earth, to live a holy life, to preach the gospel of the kingdom, to manifest the will of the Father, to die on the cross for our sins, to be raised from the death, and finally to ascend to heaven where He awaits union with all of His followers and when His enemies will be put under his feet. Our Lord Jesus Christ completed his mission. On the cross he said: “It is finished”. Continue reading “Our Participation In God’s Saving Plan”