HFD Ministries

The armour of God is all about identity

Scripture (referenced): Ephesians 6:10–18
Scripture (inferred): Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 10:14; John 8:32
Themes: Armor as identity not effort; standing in the finished work of Christ; truth versus lies; righteousness as a gift; peace, faith, and assurance flowing from union; victory through rest not striving.
Keywords: armor of God, identity, finished work, truth, righteousness, peace, faith, rest, assurance

Rich young ruler

Scripture (referenced): Matthew 19:16–26; Mark 10:17–27; Luke 18:18–27
Scripture (inferred): Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8–9; Matthew 5:48
Themes: Impossibility of earning salvation; law raised to expose self-reliance; works-based mindset confronted; eternal life as a gift not an achievement; Jesus dismantling performance righteousness.
Keywords: rich young ruler, salvation, works, law, impossibility, grace, gift, self-reliance, eternal life
 
 
 

Tithing - part 1 - Can't preach tithing without putting people back under the law

Scripture (referenced): Malachi 3:8–10; 2 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Corinthians 9:13–14
Scripture (inferred): Galatians 3:13; Hebrews 7:5; Acts 2:44–45; Romans 8:1
Themes: Tithing as Old Covenant law; freedom from curse in Christ; New Covenant giving as voluntary and Spirit-led; generosity flowing from sonship not fear; partnership not obligation.
Keywords: tithing, law, New Covenant, giving, generosity, freedom, grace, sonship, partnership

The true gospel is good news without bad news

Scripture (referenced): Ephesians 2:8–9
Scripture (inferred): Romans 3:27; Romans 11:6; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31; Titus 3:5
Themes: Gospel as pure good news; salvation as a gift not a contract; grace eliminating fear, effort, and scorekeeping; boasting removed because Jesus accomplished everything.
Keywords: gospel, grace, salvation, gift, boasting, performance, fear, faith, finished work

Dog returning to its vomit

Scripture (referenced): 2 Peter 2:20–22
Scripture (inferred): John 3:3–6; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 2:19; Hebrews 6:4–6
Themes: False teachers versus true believers; exposure to truth versus new birth; unchanged nature revealed by return; reform without transformation; security of new creation identity.
Keywords: new birth, false teachers, nature, transformation, reform, identity, security, awareness versus intimacy

What happens if you drift from the faith?

Scripture (referenced): Colossians 1:21–23
Scripture (inferred): Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Hebrews 10:14; Galatians 5:1
Themes: Reconciliation as a finished work; alienation as a mindset not God’s posture; continuing in faith as remaining grounded in truth not performance; drifting affecting experience, not salvation.
Keywords: reconciliation, faith, drift, hope, gospel, assurance, identity, rest

Galatians 2:21 Exposes every religious system

Scripture (referenced): Galatians 2:21
Scripture (inferred): 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 3:21–24; Romans 10:4; Hebrews 10:10–14
Themes: Grace versus self-effort; righteousness as a finished gift; the cross as complete and sufficient; striving as nullifying grace; identity lived from, not worked toward.
Keywords: grace, righteousness, law, finished work, identity, striving, rest, performance

Adoption

Scripture (referenced): Romans 8:15–17; Galatians 4:4–7; Ephesians 1:5Scripture (inferred): John 1:12–13; Romans 8:19–23; Hebrews 2:10–11; Luke 15:17–24Themes: Huiothesia as placement not acquisition; sonship revealed not earned; loss of awareness not origin in the fall; restoration of identity and inheritance through Christ; awakening to belonging.Keywords: adoption, sonship, huiothesia, inheritance, identity, awakening, belonging, Father