September 18, 2023
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
God is Eternal
Genesis 1:1 reveals to us various truths about God. Firstly, the verse tells us God is eternal. "In the beginning" God was already there. "Beginning" has to do with the beginning of time. "Time" is a part of creation. God existed before creation and time. Psalm 90:2, written by Moses, states, "Before the mountains were born, Or You gave birth to the earth a...
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September 13, 2023
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
A God with no Beginning
Genesis 1:1, which contains seven words in the Hebrew, states, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." With profound brevity and without any fanfare, these seven words give us a very simple, clear, and unequivocal account of the seven days of creation and of how everything in the heavens and the earth came into existence. There is...
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August 24, 2023
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
If someone were to ask you : "can you prove from the Bible that there is a God?", what would be your answer? My answer would be : the Bible does not set out to prove there is a God. The Bible declares there is a God. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God." This God has chosen in accordance with His own will, good pleasure and the glory of His name to reveal Himself to us...
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May 17, 2023
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
The question has been asked and will continue to be asked : Can a true Christian lose his salvation in Christ? Can a true Christian become an apostate? There are those who say, "yes", a true Christian can lose his salvation in Christ. There are those who say "no", a true Christian cannot lose his salvation in Christ. The answer given to these questions generally depends on...
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February 18, 2022
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
John 3:16
For God soloved the world,
that Hegave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 is the world's most famous verse. And I am sure that you have some knowledge of it. But what does this verse teach us?
1). This verse teaches us God has a Son.
This Son is described as "the only begotten Son", o...
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February 14, 2022
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
1Corinthians 15:3-4 says, "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures."
The Biblical testimony concerning the bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead is very clear.
In Luke 24:5-6 the angel said to the women who came to Jesus' grave, "Why do you seek the living One a...
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July 31, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
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June 24, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Is God really God? You say, "what kind of question is that? What does that mean?" In Isa.40:18 the LORD asked, "To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?" Let me ask another question : what do you mean when you say, "God is God"? The Biblical answer is that God is the Sovereign God. That means God is the absolutely, infinitely, completely...
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May 22, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
In Acts 1 Luke tell us that after Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples several times over a period of forty days. Luke said Jesus "presented Himself alive by many convincing proofs." (vs.3). After His resurrection Jesus was not a spirit being but a real "flesh and bones" person. This is clearly seen in Lk.24:36-43 where we are told Jesus ate a piece of f...
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February 6, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Gen.1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." "In the beginning" points to the beginning of time and creation. The point to note here is that if God was already there in the beginning, then God precedes the beginning. If God precedes the beginning, then God is eternal. Moses is the author of Genesis and Psalm 90. Psa.90:1-2 says,
Lord, You have b...
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February 4, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
In this article I want to take up the subject of the Biblical account of God's creation of mankind. That account is recorded for us in Gen.1:26-31 2:7-9, 15-25. Both accounts deal with God's creation of mankind on the sixth day. Take careful note of how I have set out the reading of both chapters.
1:24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after thei...
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February 4, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Let us consider the following :
1). God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, and according to Our likeness." This is an astonishing truth. Man is made to reflect in a finite manner what the infinite God is like and to have fellowship with God. It must be emphasized that all men and women, without exception, are equally made in the image of God. The image of God is every p...
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February 1, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
I want to begin this article by setting before you the following sampling of verses.
Exod.20:11, "For in six days theLordmade the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day." (cf. 31:17).
Psa.33:6, "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host."
Psa.96:5b, "the LORD made the heave...
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January 14, 2021
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
"In the same region there weresomeshepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.9Andan angel of the Lord suddenlystood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;1...
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November 30, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Heb.11:6 says, "And without faith it is impossible to pleaseHim, for he whocomes to God must believe that He is andthatHe is a rewarder of those who seek Him." God is. God exists. The writer to the Hebrews is not speaking about just any god. He is speaking about the God who revealed Himself to the fathers (Israel's ancestors) through the prophets. He is speaking about the ...
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November 24, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
From time to time, when talking with people about the claims of the gospel, they would reject the gospel and say, "When I stand in the final judgment, all I want, from whatever God there is, is justice." The basis of this statement is generally based on the following : (1) all men are basically good and capable of good works; (2) the final judgment, if there is one, will b...
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November 17, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
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Isaiah 43:25 - "I, even I, am the One who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins."
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November 17, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Col.1:13-14 says, "For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." A corresponding passage is Acts 26:18 where Paul said the Lord Jesus sent him to the Gentiles "to open their eyes so that they may turn fromdarkness to light and from the dominion ofSatan to God, that ...
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November 13, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Choices. We face them every day. We make them every day. Some choices are easy to make. Some choices are more difficult and we need to gather information and think carefully before making the choice. And then there are those choices we wish we did not have to deal with. Some people tend to ignore them with the hope that they will go away.
In the Bible we have the record...
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November 10, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Psalm 123.
To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.
3 Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is g...
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November 9, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Psalm 65:1, "To You praise is due, O God, in Zion; To You a vow is performed." (NICOT Psalms).
The opening lines in this psalm begins with "To You". The LXX (Septuagint or Greek OT) translated "praise is due" as "praise is fitting or proper." Why is it fitting to praise God?
Firstly, praise is fitting because God is the hearing-prayer-One. Vs.2 says, "O You who hear pr...
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November 8, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Acts 2:22-24 says, "Men of Israel, listen to these words:Jesus the Nazarene,a manattested to you by God withmiracles andwonders andsigns which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know23thisMan, delivered over by thepredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God,you nailed to a cross by the hands ofgodless men and putHimto death.24ButGod raised Him ...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Phil.1:6 says, "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." The context of this verse is Paul's thanksgiving. Paul thanked God for the Philippians. Paul thanked God for their fellowship with him in the work of the gospel. Paul's third point of thanksgiving is found in vs.6. Let us examine this ...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
"I do not not believe in evolution." Your first reaction to this sentence will be to correct it by removing one "not". You will assert that this is not correct English. And you will be right. However, if this statement was written in Greek, it would be correct because it would be regarded as an emphatic declaration. The Greek New Testament has many examples of this "not no...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Titus 2:11-14 says, "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, 13looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
John 15:16 - "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Farther in My name He may give to you."...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Psalm 39:4 - "LORD, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; let me know how transient I am.”...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
Matthew 1:23 - "They shall call His name Immanuel, which translated means, 'God with us'."...
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November 5, 2020
by Pastor Amresh Semurath
The apostle Paul described the Christians in Rome as "beloved of God" (Rom.1:7). He described the Thessalonian Christians as "beloved by God" (1Thess.1:4) and as "beloved by the Lord" (2Thess.2:13). In all three instances it is proper to say that Christians are God's beloved people.
In Rom.1:7 "beloved" is a verbal adjective with a passive sense. Firstly, the adjective sa...
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