This concept is deeply rooted in Scripture and is integral to understanding the nature of divine election and vocation.Biblical FoundationThe notion of being "called" is prevalent throughout the Bible, with the New Testament providing a rich tapestry of references. In Romans 8:28-30, the ...
This world is full of darkness, and it is very easy to continue in it. But now you are light in the Lord! Don’t practice the things of darkness, but expose them. Our new nature as light (if we will walk in it) will naturally do that as we light up the world around us with ...
darkness "night," God asserts control over it, indicating that even darkness is part of His creation and under His authority. This duality of light and darkness is echoed throughout Scripture, such as inIsaiah 45:7, where God declares He forms light and creates darkness, emphasizing His ...
I stood there to watch the beautiful sunset. The rain subsided. As I was standing there, even observing the carefree birds singing (you can see one sitting on the bushes in the photo at the top of this post), my next door neighbor texted me: “Look out towards the road – beautiful ...
dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrahand the surrounding townsgave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire...
chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [d]vengeance of eternal ...
And second, with regard to God's titles, rather than writing out the Greek terms, placeholders were used so that we would be encouraged to examine their Hebrew equivalents, and thereby come to better appreciate their full meaning in the context of Scripture. This straight-forward approach to ...
“this verse made me think this”. It was just a great example of how the Holy Spirit can use the written word to drop a revelatory word into our hearts, and suddenly bring light where once there was darkness. Since that time I have gone to 3 specific individuals that I was previously...
of those early days has subsided and I finally experience moments of happiness. Small rays of light in the darkness that is Mike’s absence. But it’s taken this long and still, after all this time, an underlying operating system of continual sadness runs in the background of everyday ...
We know from scripture that in the last days pestilence will come. “And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and...