The birth of Jesus was celebrated in the Bible. First an angel came to shepherds and announced the blessed birth of our Savior. Then a whole choir of angels rejoiced in song and sang to the shepherds. Luke 2:8-11, 13-14 (NKJV), 8 “Now there were [...]
There is nothing to prove that Christ was born December 25th, but the evidence is strong that the time of his birth was about October 1st. It is generally recognized that Jesus was crucified on Friday, April 3, AD 33. The fact that his crucifixion occurred [...]
“For Christ suffered once…” When Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, he was begotten to a new spirit life by receiving the holy spirit (God's power and influence). The next 3 1/2 years until he was crucified were spent daily sacrificing his own [...]
Matthew 12:31 is a powerful and often misunderstood verse in which Jesus warns that while all kinds of sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, blasphemy against the holy spirit will not be. This statement came in response to the Pharisees accusing Jesus of casting out demons [...]
In John 12, Jesus is trying to prepare his disciples for his upcoming death. He explains that the work he was sent to do as the man Christ Jesus was coming to an end, and for that work to be fruitful, he must die [...]
Jesus said in John 9:4-5 (NKJV), “I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”The Greek [...]
The context of John 11:26 is the death and resurrection of Lazarus. His sister Martha expresses understanding of Jesus’ words without asking ‘why did my brother die since he was a believer?’ This indicates a deeper meaning is meant. Some English translations add the proper insight [...]
True, Christians are not under the Law Covenant as Paul wrote in Galatians 3:24. The Law Covenant was made only with the nation of Israel. Paul was explaining to Jews who converted to Christianity that they specifically were not under the Law any more. [...]
Conclusion: Jesus’s death on the cross satisfied justice and redeemed Adam and all of his offspring from the death sentence. Discussion: The cross is the answer if the question is, “What is the remedy from the curse of death pronounced upon Adam and his posterity [...]
Matthew 6:1-4 (ESV), 1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet [...]
Matthew 1:18-25 (ERV) reveals the record of Jesus’ conception and birth: “This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, he learned that she was expecting a baby. (She was pregnant [...]
Hebrews 8:1-2, 4-5 (NKJV), 1 “Now this is the main point…We have such a High Priest, … in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. ... 4 For if He were [...]
Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest. This was His answer, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a [...]
“For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.” Matthew 24:28 (NKJV). The carcass refers to a freshly slain animal. In this scripture, it symbolizes Jesus’s death on the cross. Jesus is pictured as a slain lamb in Revelation 5:6 (NKJV), [...]
1 Peter 3:18-20 (KJV), “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened (made alive) by the Spirit: By which also he went and [...]
Nisan 7: Thursday, March 26 at 6PM — Friday, March 27 at 6 PM, 33AD — Jericho to Bethany Departing from Galilee and moving south with the object of reaching Jerusalem for the Passover, our Lord and his party crossed the Jordan river once [...]
No, neither of these scriptural references can infer the race of Jesus. Song of Solomon 1:5-6 (RSV), “I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Do not gaze at me because I am [...]
Jesus and His Apostles celebrated the Passover, according to the Law, on the evening (or beginning) of the 14th. of Nissan. While Israel was in slavery in Egypt, God commanded the Jews to roast and eat a young lamb. The lamb’s blood was to [...]
John 19:18-20: (NIV) “There they crucified him, and with him two others - one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Many of the [...]
The question comes from John 8:2-11:“Early in the morning he (Jesus) came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in [...]
