Church of God Ministries
“1 Peter 2:5 – In His Hands, We Are Built”
Messages
Sometimes it can easy to overlook an offering that God commanded to be performed during the Days of Unleavened Bread that points to our savior, Jesus Christ.
The Book of Haggai talks about a blessing that is for the whole world. There is something within this book that can help us understand Christ’s sacrifice, His leadership, and blessing much deeper if we’ll just look closer.
Should we participate in the late winter early spring celebration of Mardi Gras? To answer this question, we examine the origin of its celebration in the United States and trace the roots of it back to early church history after the death of the original apostles to find that it has no basis in scripture or in what was taught by the first century church. We find that it is related to pagan festivals and practices that God condemns in scripture.
Embedded within God’s Word is a rather obscure person, with very little written about, that we can glean some profound spiritual lessons from.
Many Christians believe that they will go to heaven when they die. Sometimes they wonder about loved ones who are not Christians going to hell. What does the Bible teach on these ideas? Does mankind have an immortal soul that can be punished in hell fire or admitted to heavenly bliss?
God’s Word describes our prayers in the form of a sweet incense to His nostrils. David stated, “Let my prayer be to you as incense.” What exactly does that mean? We’ll carefully examine in detail and see how important it is which odor our prayer gives off to our Creator, and ask ourselves, “How do my prayers smell?”
The Israelites were warned “lest they forget” the great covenant they had made with God by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy. Similarly, we are warned in the new covenant not to “forget” the things we have been taught from heaven. We examine old and new testament scriptures to help us always remember our new covenant with God the Father and Jesus Christ.
At various times in our lives we all experience discouragement and even depression. What are some of its
causes? Who in the Bible had either or both? And, what are some things we can do during such times?
There are many situations where the scriptures tell us it is best for us to refrain from speaking.
T. S. Hoefker, Senior Pastor
Church of God Ministries
(Ministerios de la Iglesia de Dios)
tshoefker@cogministries.org
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