Cursed is the ground for your sake…Genesis 3:17 This God spoke to Adam: Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded, saying, “You shall not eat of it.” Cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you shall eat of it all the days […]
Destroy this temple, and three days I will raise it up…John 2:19 John records what the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days? John 2:21. John also records what Jesus meant, “But He was speaking of the temple of His body.” John 2:22. Peter […]
He is able…Hebrews 7:25 Jesus continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood, Hebrews 7:24. Therefore, He is able to save to the uttermost…since He always lives to make intercession for us, Hebrews 7:25. Jesus is our High Priest. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and has become higher than the heavens…Hebrews 7:26. Jesus has […]
He is able…Hebrews 7:25 Jesus continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood, Hebrews 7:24. Therefore, He is able to save to the uttermost…since He always lives to make intercession for us, Hebrews 7:25. Jesus is our High Priest. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and has become higher than the heavens…Hebrews 7:26. Jesus has […]
By the trickery of men…Ephesians 4:16 The context of this statement is why Christ gave the church pastors and teachers, Verse 11. And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. For this reason, we continue to teach sound doctrine. It is unsound—false—doctrine that leads people astray: that we should […]
After He offered one sacrifice for sins forever…He sat down; Hebrews 10:12 Verse 15: for by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified. There is no need for any further sacrifices. It is finished. For some reason people are not satisfied with His one offering for sin. They want to do more. Perhaps […]
I will give you…the law; Exodus 24:12 The full quote of Exodus 24:12 is And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them. In Hebrew, the word […]
called Christians…Acts 11:26 Could it be like the days of Paul in Antioch when the disciples of Christ were first called Christians? As people realize their true identity in Christ they choose to identify with Christ. As they do, they are less likely to identify with a certain church group. Instead of being a Baptist, […]
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…1 Corinthians 6:19 Apparently, God wants us to know and understand this fact. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit! God inspires Paul to write about this truth several times in many of his letters to the churches; that is, you. In 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 and 1 […]