https://www.goldenruled.com/tree-of-good weekly 2024-08-31T18:17:02+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/adam-and-eve.jpg I don’t know what’s such a big deal about knowing the difference between good and evil. Do you? I mean really, be honest; what’s the harm? What law does it break for Adam and Eve to know the difference between good and evil? Does God not want us... The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good https://www.goldenruled.com/prayer-makes-no-sense weekly 2024-08-31T18:17:48+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/hands-spreadout.jpg I’m not saying we shouldn’t pray, far from it. But prayer as understood by pretty much every Christian in the world is simply irrational. The average prayer goes something like this “Lord, I’m sick (1), I know You love me (2), so please make… Prayer Makes No Sense https://www.goldenruled.com/why-are-we-still-talking-about-this weekly 2024-08-31T18:18:22+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/doll-and-telephone.jpg The most divisive subject in the world is religion. On the one hand, this makes sense – none of us can really see God, so the idea that He exists at all takes a bit of effort to believe. Yet on the other, it doesn’t make sense –… Why Are We Still Talking About This? https://www.goldenruled.com/goal-of-life weekly 2024-09-19T19:12:06+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/path-on-grass.jpg All life has one ultimate goal: to reproduce. They struggle to survive, but in the end, all life puts reproduction above all other things – sacrificing themselves for their offspring, if necessary. Consider the journey of the salmon; a bear… Goal Of Life https://www.goldenruled.com/salvation-of-angels weekly 2024-08-31T18:19:23+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/hand-with-dark-paint.jpg We are blinded. You are blinded. We look at the Bible and read what it says, and we think we see – but we don’t. An unimaginable trove of truth is hidden in plain sight on every page of your Bible, and you just can’t see it – no… Salvation of Angels https://www.goldenruled.com/one-god weekly 2024-09-08T16:04:15+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/wood-doll-holding-earth.jpg John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. One God https://www.goldenruled.com/the-old-good-news weekly 2024-08-31T17:56:59+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/old-script.jpg In The Rule Golden you learned that the guiding principle of the New Covenant is the golden rule, just as the guiding principle of the Old Covenant is the rule golden; and God’s hope was always that the consequences of... The Old Good News https://www.goldenruled.com/can-god-save-demons weekly 2024-11-05T20:38:32+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/lifebuoy-on-the-wall.jpg Can a demon repent?And if so, can God forgive it?And if He can forgive it, is there some promise of salvation waiting for it?And if salvation, then is it possible for them to be heirs, like us, of the family of God? Can God Save Demons? https://www.goldenruled.com/wicked-incompetence weekly 2024-08-31T18:00:24+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/broken-pencil.jpg Have you ever been sent to do something, and when you got there, forgot exactly what it was you were supposed to do and did something else? Wicked Incompetence https://www.goldenruled.com/what-are-angels weekly 2024-08-31T17:54:25+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/guido-reni-michael-defeats-satan.jpg As you learned last time, in Hebrew God’s name is El and Jesus’ name is Yahweh Elohim. As you should also remember, all of God’s house, specifically including those in heaven, bear the name of Elohim (Ephesians 3:14-15), which could be translated as “of the family of God”.  What Are Angels? https://www.goldenruled.com/the-fall-of-man weekly 2024-09-19T19:12:35+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/falling-man.jpg Let me ask you a question; is God the almighty? Yes? Then why couldn’t He have prevented the Devil from tempting Eve? Let me ask another question; is God all-knowing? Yes? Then how did He not know what was going on... The Fall Of Man https://www.goldenruled.com/the-golden-rule weekly 2024-09-19T19:13:00+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/gold-pen.jpg Jesus was once asked what the most important law was in the Bible. His answer? “Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind and strength”; and “love your neighbor as much as you love yourself”. Then He said something amazing... The Golden Rule https://www.goldenruled.com/the-curse-of-the-law weekly 2024-09-19T19:13:31+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/dried-tree.jpg Colossians 2:13-14 (WEB) You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; The Curse Of The Law https://www.goldenruled.com/the-positive-law weekly 2024-09-19T19:13:52+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/smile-checked-neutral-frown-checkboxes.jpg The Christian of today sees the laws of God as a very negative thing. Thou Shalt NOT do this, thou shalt NOT do that. To them, there is nothing positive about... The Positive Law https://www.goldenruled.com/the-new-covenant weekly 2024-09-19T20:43:59+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/new-covenant.jpg Everything I’ve said so far has been about doing good to your neighbor or not; fine stuff perhaps, but you’re probably thinking “But I’m a New Covenant Christian! That doesn’t matter to me!”  The New Covenant https://www.goldenruled.com/war-in-heaven weekly 2024-08-31T18:06:25+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/black-and-white-lightning.jpg Everyone assumes Revelation 12 is either in the prophetic future or in the distant past. But no one takes these words seriously and just hears what they say. So I want you to stop for... War In Heaven https://www.goldenruled.com/the-devil-you-dont-know weekly 2024-08-31T18:07:11+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/silhouette-of-a-person.jpg Today, thanks to various pagan mythologies which were borrowed into Christianity and later made into a bunch of books and movies, we imagine a great battle Angels and Demons, a great controversy where... The Devil You Don't Know https://www.goldenruled.com/common-sense-miracles-not-magic weekly 2024-09-19T18:43:03+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/rainbow-sprinkle.jpg In no area is common sense less common than in religion.When reading the Bible, everyone from the Pope to the sleepiest working man treats the words as if they are.. Common Sense Miracles — Not Magic https://www.goldenruled.com/tree-of-life weekly 2024-09-30T23:05:24+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/tree-of-life.jpg The tree of the knowledge of good and evil had the potential of life or death. Because no one knows what your choices will be, until you make them. Otherwise, they aren’t really... The Tree Of Life https://www.goldenruled.com/rule-golden weekly 2024-09-19T20:42:25+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/man-holding-his-head.jpg Here at Goldenruled.com, we like to talk about the big questions; to give answers to questions most people are afraid to even ask. And probably the biggest question that Christians cannot answer satisfactorily is… Why Does God Allow Suffering — The Rule Golden https://www.goldenruled.com/the-selves weekly 2024-08-31T18:12:10+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/close-fist-on-the-chest.jpg In the context of our internal selves the Bible uses many words such as spirit, soul, heart, mind, flesh, body, carnal nature, among others. Some of these are synonyms, some overlap others – but not all of them. Do you know which is which? The Selves https://www.goldenruled.com/the-heart weekly 2024-08-31T18:11:47+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/anatomical-heart.jpg You are not your body. You live in it, exactly like God lived in His temple but was not the temple. Because of that, this body is expendable (2 Corinthians 5:2-4). And while, obviously, what it needs matters… it matters a lot less than your body... The Heart https://www.goldenruled.com/the-spirit weekly 2024-08-31T18:11:15+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/heart-shape-flame.jpg “Just follow your conscience!” is one piece of advice that all Christians will agree on. But what if your conscience is wrong? What if your moral compass doesn’t point due North, but rather Southeast? Your spirit desires to... The Spirit https://www.goldenruled.com/the-soul weekly 2024-08-31T18:10:32+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/judge-hammer.jpg We are not trained to recognize the voices in our head, but it’s very easy to learn. For one thing, any thought that begins “I want” is from the heart. It doesn’t matter what it says – it’s about the flesh. And remember, that’s not necessarily wrong! Wanting things is... The Soul https://www.goldenruled.com/the-way-truth-and-life weekly 2024-08-31T18:09:01+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/winding-path.jpg In the past few lessons, you’ve heard that you have three fractions in yourself, the heart, spirit, and soul; and you’ve begun to glimpse just how much work there is to be done, to enthrone your soul as master of the self as God intended for it to be.   The Way, Truth, And Life https://www.goldenruled.com/the-antichrist weekly 2024-08-31T18:08:33+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/devil.jpg People commonly think that Antichrist is a baby-eating cult that teaches devil worship or some such, but Antichrist is a deception (2 John 1:7), and a deception must look a lot like the real thing! Has anyone ever been deceived into buying fake gold made of cheese? The Antichrist https://www.goldenruled.com/why-didnt-jesus-sin weekly 2024-08-31T18:07:42+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/sin.jpg When you make choices, you do so with a particular goal in mind; I’m choosing this so that I can get that. This is better because it will avoid that. And so on. And so at the end of the day, all your choices truly come down to what does your soul want… and how badly does it want it? Why Didn't Jesus Sin? https://www.goldenruled.com/which-of-these-was-abolished weekly 2024-09-19T20:41:08+00:00 1.0 https://www.goldenruled.com/image/catalog/article/mistake-delete.jpg As Jesus plainly said in Matthew 5, laws like “thou shalt not kill” were not abolished, they were just moved. Under the terms of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10-13), God is writing those ten commandments on our hearts, not just on the stones Moses brought down from Sinai (2 Corinthians 3:3). 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