The high priest, under Roman rule, was responsible for keeping the peace, and he and his advisers acted accordingly. The accusation that Jesus claimed to be “king of the Jews” was also sufficient to account for his execution. There is no direct evidence that Jesus ever said, “I am ...
Verse 21. - If thou wilt (θέλεις) be perfect. I believe what you tell me. You have led a religious life in the ordinary way; now yon aspire to higher things; you have a noble ambition to serve God more completely; yon have the power, if you have the will, to do so...
Jesus gives a model prayer - One day it happened that Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said,
1 Thessalonians 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, psuche and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you to all our supporters! Show Resources: Our video on the word Nephesh: https://www.you...
The citation of the last Qurʾānic verse in this context gives the key to the interpretation of the Shaykh. Using a syllogism, we can say God gives everything its own nature; God gave Jesus the Book; therefore, the nature of Jesus is that of being a Book, because like the book, ...
Notice in this verse that Jesus gives the twelve apostles power overalldemons, not just some of them. If we have God’s power available to us to defeat all demons, then I believe that we also have God’s power to defeat any and all humans who may try to come against us with any ty...
"Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." (verse 5) "But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him." (verse 6) "By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who consideredthat he was cut...
Peace Arch News reports that the ‘House of Horrors’ is opening for 24th year in Surrey. Gibbons commented: “Halloween is growing by leaps and bounds, and I think it’s going to catch up to Christmas one of these days, in the way of spending and that sort of thing, decorating.” ...
17) but by faith in the crucified. Such a heart should stand in the middle of a white rose, to show that faith gives joy, comfort, and peace. In other words, it places the believer into a white, joyous rose, for this faith does not give peace and joy like the world gives (John...
Just read past verse 2 above, and you get the bigger picture. This is a ruler who cares about and for all the people, his greatness “to the ends of the earth.” He is to “be the one of peace.” Until we widen our perspective to see Jesus as Savior of the world in every ...