17For this reason he had to be made like them,[a]fully human in every way, in order that he might become a mercifuland faithful high priestin service to God,and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to...
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of lif...
The next afternoon, we made our way over to find the grave with buckets, brushes, and rags under our arms. The stone was certainly in a sad state, but there seemed to be a strong possibility of success. It took most of an hour, but we were pleased with the result, as was our fri...
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grac...
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer...
17So he had to be made like his brothers in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them. 18He himself suffered when he was tempted. Now he is able to help others who are being tempted...
1. Good angels are bound in some way to points where they are until they move on. So, Satan was a created angel, though a powerful one, and nowhere in the Word of God are we told that Satan had greater intrinsic power than any other angel. He had greater talents, but not the lice...
17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is ...
was easy, he said, to criticize the crowd for choosing Barabbas over Jesus as the prisoner to be released, as we already knew the story. He asked us to consider if it was our knowledge the Bible story that led us to think that the choice was obvious. If we had been in that ...
Four months. It seems a lifetime ago, but it was only four or five months ago that another friend, a poet in New Zealand, suggested to Jeff and to me that we needed to know each other. He was also a writer, much better at it than I, but we both treasured what words can accompl...