This statement comes from Luke 18:18-22, “And a certain ruler questioned Him, saying, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the [...]
Jesus tells us in John 17:4, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." John 19:30 reads, "When, therefore, he had received the vinegar, Jesus said—It is finished! And, bowing his head, delivered up [...]
In reviewing Luke 20:1-8, Jesus chose not to give the chief priests and scribes an answer, as they really weren’t looking for a true answer. This event is also in Matthew 21 and Mark 11, and in all the accounts he did not tell [...]
After God gave the nation of Israel the Ten Commandments, Moses told them, "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken." Deuteronomy 18:15 There are over [...]
Hebrews 5:8-10: “Though he were a son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered and being made perfect he became the author of everlasting salvation unto all them that obey him.” The word “obedience” here is from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #5218 meaning [...]
One of Jehovah’s attributes is wisdom. His wisdom planned and ordered the entire universe. By wisdom, He designed the earth as a home for animal life - including the human family. In Proverbs 8, the Logos (Jesus before he became human) also is personified [...]
The scripture that best explains this is found in Colossians 1:12-18, “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light…Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: [...]
“Fulfill” is Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance word G4137 and is translated fill, be full, complete, end, accomplish. As it states in Matthew 5:18, not a jot or tittle of the Law could pass until all be fulfilled. What is the Law and how would Jesus [...]
Jesus has many names and titles throughout the Bible. He is called different names depending on the setting, audience, and timeframe being referred to. Jesus was the name that God told Joseph in a dream that he should call Jesus when he was born [...]
The miracle of turning water into wine, found in John 2:1-11, is the first recorded miracle of Jesus' public ministry. It occurred while Jesus and his disciples were attending the wedding in Cana on the third day of the celebration. Apparently, Jesus’ mother, Mary, had a close [...]
Jesus answers this very question. Mark 4:10-12, “When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables. ‘You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,’ Jesus [...]
Although there do exist Ethiopian Jews, Jesus' Semitic ancestry is traced in detail in the Bible all the way back to Abraham. His mother, Mary, and step-father, Joseph, were required to return to Bethlehem in Judea, their place of origin, to register for the [...]
Before the death of Lazarus, Jesus had already raised others from the dead: "Jesus went to a town called Nain.......where a dead person was being carried out........He said, 'Young man, I say to you, get up!' The dead man sat up and began to [...]
The Messiah was to be of the tribe of Judah and of the lineage of David. Both Mary and Joseph were descendants of Judah from King David’s line. Genesis 49:10, 2 Samuel 7:16, Matthew 1:1, Luke 3:31Joseph was tenderhearted and kind.When he heard that [...]
The disciples did not recognize Jesus after his resurrection because Jesus appeared in the form of different people. For example, Mary Magdalene mistook him for a gardener (John 20:11-18), he appeared to two disciples on the road to Emmaus as a fellow traveler (Luke [...]
Scriptures are taken from the New American Standard Bible. On His way to Calvary, exhausted and already bleeding from many wounds, Jesus must have drawn pity from any in the crowds who had tender hearts. Women customarily followed those doomed to crucifixion on their [...]
John 19:41, 42, “Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid…they laid Jesus there.” Today this tomb is called the Garden Tomb and it can [...]
The account of the three wise men is found in Matthew 2:1-12 in a scene related to the birth of Jesus. “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to [...]
“And lo! the veil of the temple was rent in two parts, from the highest to the lowest”, Matthew 27:51. The curtain or veil separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place (Exodus 26:31-33) and its tearing represented the end of the Temple [...]
Reading the accounts together in Matthew 27:45-51, Mark 15:33-39, Luke 23:46-49 and John 19:25-30, this world-changing event is one of the most dramatic we will ever hear or read. The first question this scene raises is, why did God send an earthquake? In the Scriptures, [...]
