by Stephen Cervera | Jul 29, 2023 | For Believers, For Unbelievers and Seekers, Life Issues, Theology, Wisdom
This blog post is going to be challenging for some readers. However, if you are a “believer” and a “follower of Christ”, then I implore you to consider the direct commands of God to you and me from His Word. Consider what the prophet Samuel said to King Saul when he...
by Stephen Cervera | Jul 7, 2023 | Faith, For Unbelievers and Seekers, Heaven, Hell, Salvation
If this topic is too traumatizing to read, just jump to the end where I explain how to escape condemnation, and instead receive a warm welcome into Heaven with God for eternity. But you must make the choice to escape your condemnation at The Final Judgment. What will...
by Stephen Cervera | Apr 14, 2023 | Faith, For Believers, For Unbelievers and Seekers, Life Issues, Salvation
“The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be present where no overt act of worship has taken place. … Wrong ideas about God are not only the fountain from which the polluted waters of...
by Stephen Cervera | Apr 13, 2023 | Apologetics, Faith, For Unbelievers and Seekers
Every year, our culture stops to celebrate the Easter holiday. For many, the focus is religious or quasi religious and centers around the person of Jesus Christ. For others, the focus is more secular and is centered on colorful eggs, chocolate candy, and a pretext for...
by Stephen Cervera | Apr 11, 2023 | Faith, For Believers, Heaven, Salvation, Theology
“Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened...
by Stephen Cervera | Apr 10, 2023 | Faith, For Unbelievers and Seekers, Heaven, Salvation, Theology
The thought of anyone suffering in the anguish of eternal flames is unthinkable. When we imagine the possibility of ourselves in such a place as Hell, we can’t think of sending anyone there…even our worst enemy. So it’s perhaps reasonable for us to...
by Stephen Cervera | Jan 1, 2023 | Faith, For Believers, Theology
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 According to the Law of God revealed to Moses, a...
by Stephen Cervera | Jan 1, 2023 | For Believers, Life Issues, Wisdom
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think sensibly, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.” Romans 12:3 LEB Jesus is our perfect example of...
by Stephen Cervera | Jan 1, 2023 | Life Issues, Wisdom
1. It is a privilege to attain knowledge and understanding It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Proverbs 25:2 2. Wisdom is more valuable than riches “Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather...
by Stephen Cervera | Jan 1, 2023 | For Believers, Life Issues, Money, Business, and Investing, Wisdom
1. Operate Honestly, Fairly, and with Integrity “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.” Proverbs 11:1 ESV “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.”...