Church Of The Lost Sheep

"We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.  And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 in the Berean Study Bible Version [ 21 st  message of the Why I Don't Believe Series] Biased This is the simplest reason why atheists do not believe (in God or in Christianity) and also why Christians believe what they believe. Both are biased, whether they admit to it or not. [One has the Holy Spirit, the other do not] Out of Context And their common denominator is that (diehard) atheists take bible verses out of context, or they pull verses out of a group of verses. And they do not co

"I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me." -Apostle Paul, writing to the first believers in Philippi Philippians 4:13 [24th message of the New Believer Series] In the preceding message we have discussed about the Christian Mindset and how committing a verse to memory (by searing into one's heart) is very important in the life of a new believer. Memory Verse Certain passages of Scripture are meant to be laser printed on a believer's heart. Of course, these would include such verses as John 3:16, John 14:6, Romans 3:23, Romans 8:28, 2 Timothy 3:16 and from the previous message,  Ephesians 2:8-9. Today we will highlight a passage of Scripture which is one of the more commonly quoted verses by believers. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippian church, told them about this Christian truth. And through the years, many believers have taken what this passage means a little b