Summary: “For still the vision (of Christ’s kingdom) awaits its time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.” Habakkuk 2:3 (RSV) Discussion: The work of God is not [...]
Persecution is grievous and painful. Persecution comes from those who do not love righteousness. In fact, the persecutors hate righteousness. They walk in darkness. 1 John 2:11 (NKJV), “But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not [...]
The binding of Satan is a process. Consider Revelation 20:1-2, “And I saw an angel (Jesus) come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, [...]
Yes, this is the time when all that was lost through Adam’s sin will have been fully restored to holy perfection. Then Christ will have completed the work of atonement. He will have accomplished the following: The New Covenant will have been sealed with [...]
Turn to our loving Heavenly Father for comfort. For “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort [...]
Actually, for the Christian, the thought is in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 10:13: (NET) “No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with [...]
Genesis 1:11, 21, 24-25, 28-29 (ESV), 11 “And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.’ ... 21 So God created the great sea [...]
A calling is an invitation. Presently, there is only one call. Ephesians 4:1,4 (NASB20): 1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, ... 4 There is one [...]
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 [...]
God has been progressively revealing Himself to mankind in ways that would bless us the most. God first introduced Himself to Moses by calling Himself “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). This phrase in Hebrew should be more accurately translated, “I will be [...]
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (NKJV), 20 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in [...]
In Luke 9:61-62 (ESV), Jesus replied to a man who said, “‘I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is [...]
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 [...]
Acts 15:22-23, 28-29 (ESV), 22 “Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas … 23 with the following letter: ‘The brothers, both the [...]
Conclusion: The reward is a resurrection to the divine nature. Discussion: 1 Corinthians 3:12-14 (NKJV), 12 “Now if anyone builds on this foundation (Jesus) with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one's work will become clear;…fire will test each one's work, [...]
Conclusion: Both conditions are true. Discussion: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8 (NKJV), 1 “For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we [...]
“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 [...]
Exodus 34:33-35 (ESV), 33 “And when Moses had finished speaking with them (the Israelites), he put a veil over his face. 34 Whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when [...]
Matthew 22:25-30 (ESV), 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. [...]
