The Command to Study the Word
The believer has a command to study God’s Word. That means search for the truth in everything situation; confirm every situation not by opinions of man or your own opinion, but by the Word of God. Second Timothy 2:15 encourages us to “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (KJV) We must absolutely reject opinions of man, that is including ours. Proverbs 3:7 tells us, “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.” (NIV)
The world is filled with opinions of men; if you are a progressive liberal you are allowed to create your own truths, your own ideas of what is real and what is not. Let the world deceive each other; let the world lie to each other and believe whatever they want to believe; we as Born-Again believers MUST be people of the Word, not of the world. We must strive to follow what God tells us to do.
Isaiah 5:20 tells us, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” (NIV) Jesus himself tells us, “…If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (NASB 1995) How can we know the truth if we do not study God’s Word?
Conclusion
In conclusion we must remember that:
- We Can’t Save Ourselves: Only God Can
- Jesus is the Only Way to the Father
- Without the Holy Spirit there is No Repentance
- After We Received Salvation, our Greatest Responsibilities are to be a Disciple and, Make Disciples.
- At the Heart of Discipleship is to Learn the Commands of Jesus, that Means, His Way of Life
- Distinguishing Right from Wrong is a Sing of Our Maturity or Immaturity
- We Are Called to Reject Any Other Gospel
- We as Christians Will be Judge by Jesus
- We as Christians are Commanded to Study the Scripture
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director.
While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog.
In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot.
In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona. On June 8th 2021 Angel started his home church, not as a starting point, but as a closer way to how the church is suppose to look like according to Scripture.
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