Do you understand what you are reading? Acts 8:30 This asked Philip of the Ethiopian as he read from Isaiah. His reply, How can I, unless someone guides me?Thankfully, The Spirit had guided Philip to help with his Scripture reading. Verse 35: Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. The […]
Not knowing the Scriptures…Matthew 22:29 Not knowing what the Bible says is a real problem. In Matthew, Chapter 22, the problem was regarding marriage in the resurrection. The Sadducees rejected the idea of the resurrection by not knowing the Scriptures. Some today make the same mistake. They make assumptions about what is true and false […]
But not so among you…Luke 22:26 This Jesus said to His disciples regarding His kingdom, Luke 22, Verses 20 thru 30. Those not of His kingdom exercise lordship over others exercising authority, verse 25. But not so among you, verse 26. Like Jesus, we come to serve, not to be served. Our calling is to serve. […]
The manifold grace of God, 1 Peter 4:10 Peter used the same word, manifold, in 1 Peter 1:6 regarding temptations. In both verses it means various or diverse. In chapter 4, Peter uses the word to describe God’s grace: the manifold grace of God. What a blessing! We use the word to describe an essential part […]
If you have tasted that the Lord is gracious…1 Peter 2:3 With you there is no “if.” You have personally experienced the grace of the Lord! Peter is writing to an unknown audience. He does not know who has been born again and who has not. So, he uses the “if.” Paul does the same […]
I have learned both to abound and to suffer need…Philippians 4:12-13 This is the reason Paul wrote: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. It was not, as some claim, some promise of God to do anything in the name of Jesus. It is God’s promise to help us through trying times. And […]
And great grace was upon them all. Acts 4:33 Speaking of the young church of Christ, Luke wrote: Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul…Acts 4:32. This was the result of being filled with the Holy Spirit, Verse 31. This is a real revival. When God the Spirit moves […]
Connected? God created man in His own image…Genesis 1:27 It is so important that we know man was created in the image of God, God says it three times in two sentences; Genesis 1:26 and 27. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the […]
He who practices righteousness is righteous…1 John 3:7 He who practices lawlessness (sin, verse 4) is rejected by Christ, Matthew 7:23. He who practices righteousness does not sin, 1 John 3:9: Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. […]