Here was the origin, not that we loved God, but that he freely loved us. His love could not be designed to be fruitless upon us, and when its proper end and issue are gained and produced, it may be said to be perfected. So faith is perfected by its works. Thus it will appear ...
even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it," wrought for the service of the sanctuary;…." --The quaint Bible phrase, "service of the sanctuary," is more significant when one considers the various meanings of the word sanctuary. • As most commonly ...
When things get tough in life we can be tempted to fear for the future. We can be tempted to envy wealthy or successful unbelievers, who seem to have no worries at all. But God tells us not to envy sinners, but focus on fearing and obeying him, because he will take care of us. H...
But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant. But it doesn’t have to feel this way. In this bible study podcast, past...
Verses three and four show David adding to his army as he takes back territory near the Euphrates river. Likewise, David adds to his treasury by taking things of value from Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. When the Syrians come to Hadadezer’s aid, David kills many thousands of...
s Word to speak to our hearts. When things are going well, we may read the Bible, but the Bible becomes our life-preserver when we are in the valley. We hold unto its truths as though our lives depend upon it. “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn...
There is no implication in those verses to persist in seeking, asking, or knocking on his door for these things. We are not to worry ourselves about that. Here, he commands us to ask, seek and knock for a very specific answer from God-the Holy Spirit. We can get further confirmation ...
23-24 “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it...
Those who believe you can lose your salvation will say to predetermination that too many verses in the Bible treat salvation security as conditional. Those who believe in predetermination will say to losing salvation that predetermination is the only way for salvation to be by grace and not by ...
耶和华对亚伯兰说:你要离开本地、本族、父家,往我所要指示你的地去。我必叫你成为大国。我必赐福给你,叫你的名为大;你也要叫别人得福。为你祝福的,我必赐福