Let us now return to our original question: ‘how are we made right with God?’ The Bible answers this question six times in the 3rd chapter of Romans: 1) “We are made right with Godby placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who [...
h.We know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation: According to many passages in the New Testament, suffering is promised in the Christian life (Acts 14:22,1 Thessalonians 3:3,Philippians 1:29,Romans 5:3). Nevertheless, we are also promi...
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ii. In Philippians 3:10, Paul speaks about the glory of knowing Jesus: that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Many long to know the power of His resurrection but want nothing to do with the fellowship ...
2. Because he enjoyed great liberty of preaching at the time when the Epistle to the Philippians was written, Phil. 1: 13; and so he did when that to the Ephesians was written. Eph. 6: 20. 3. Because he expresses both to the Philippians and to Philemon the expectation of being soon...
So they took the whole month of June to pretend together that all these wrong and harmful things are good, and they call June “Pride” month. Like the Bible says, their “glory is in their shame” (Philippians 3:19). But things are what God calls them, aren’t they? Not what we...
John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. Verse 2.-The sameLogos whom the writer has just affirmed to have been God himself,was, though it might seem at first reading to be incompatible with the first or third clause of the first verse, nevertheless in thebeginning with God- ...
So zealous was I in defense of the Law that I wasted the church of God." VERSE 14. Being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. Speaking now of the Mosaic Law, Paul declares that he was wrapped up in it. To the Philippians he wrote: "As touching the law, a ...
6). I laboured more abundantly than they all. Because God wrought effectually in him (Galatians 2:8). The word used for "labour" implies the extreme of toil (Matthew 6:28:Philippians 2:16), etc. But the grace of God. "It is God that worketh in you" (Philippians 2:13;Matthew 10...
6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; (Philippians 1:6) Thus, while what much of what people do appears to be vanity, those who yield to God and His word will succeed and by able to abide ...