You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.   John 15:16

This passage has been the source of heated debate for many centuries – A debate that involves such things as the goodness of God, the omnipotence of God, that the origin of evil.

And does God’s sovereignty cancel out man’s free will?  Is man predestined by God -  some to salvation and others to damnation? 

Is man ...

Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be  impossible for you.

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to move mountains around?

There is an important question implied by this passage – Is God’s intention that man receive power to exercise human will on earth (to do anything he desires to do)?

Or is it God’s ...

1 Cor 15:20-23  But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of  the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.  But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.

The moon has just past full – And it is the time of the barley harvest – the firstfruit – the prophetic fulfillment of...

1 Cor 15:20-23  But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of  the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.  But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.

The moon has just past full – And it is the time of the barley harvest – the firstfruit – the prophetic fulfillment of th...