Open your Bibles to Hebrews 6:1. “Therefore leaving the principles…” A better translation would be the word of the beginning of Christ. “Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us go on unto perfection [or completion]; not laying again the foundation of repentance [a change of mind] from dead works, and of faith toward God,” If you read various …
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Works or Not Works – by Joseph Cortes
Open your Bibles to Matthew 16:27. “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” So, what is the basis of these rewards? “he shall reward every man according to his works.” Matthew is the first book in …
Is It Worth It? – by Joseph Cortes
Tonight, we start on a journey regarding eternal rewards. This journey will take months as we dig into God’s Word concerning the many references on rewards. It’s important to study it and to make it part of your life because it has eternal ramifications and we need to know what God’s Word says about it. …
Dead Works
Dead Works – by Joseph A. Cortes Hebrews 6:1 reads, “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ [or the word of the beginning of Christ], let us go on unto perfection [lit. completion]; not laying again the foundation of repentance”—here the word repentance should be defined as a change of mind (see A Change of Mind Vol.1)—“from dead works, and …