It opens with the confident notes"There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"(verse 1). THAT UNBREAKABLE BOND As St Paul wrote in the Letter to the Romans: "I am certain of this: neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nothing already in existence an...
for example, Pilate states three times that he finds no fault with Jesus. This passage suggests that theearly church, faced with making its way in the Roman Empire, did not wish its leader to be thought of as being truly guilty in Roman eyes. From other evidence Pilate is known to have...
Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him...
In practical terms, what this verse is saying, is that you have to choose to disregard your past so that it doesn’t keep you from moving forward. That means the good and the bad. Even our past victories can sometimes keep us from rising higher. If we don’t let go of the old, w...
Jesus never did. It should also be noted that Matthew altered the text of Micah 5:2 by saying: “And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah” rather than “Bethlehem Ephratah” as is said in Micah 5:2. He did this, intentionally no doubt, to make this verse appear to refer to the...
Disenchanted with the choice many people make regarding theirfaith, I have found enough reasons to create more than one website where I take a look at matters of faith. For example, I think it is important for people to know that they are saved and that there is an opportunity for them...
Jesus is the perfect God-man who gave up everything that is truly perfect to come to our imperfect world. He lived a perfectly sinless life, and willingly chose to take our imperfections on Himself so we could have life eternal, which will be perfect, in the real sense of the word. ...
There seems to be a lot of whoring these days as we follow our own hearts and our own eyes, and not Jesus. I think the last part of verse 39 is important on this day: Ash WednesdayandValentine’s Day: remember all the commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow after you...
Let’s define the term “commission” to get the full weight of what Jesus is doing here. A commission is simply a matter or task entrusted to a person who acts as an agent of another. This means that the task has been authorized by someone with authority. In the above verse, Jesus ...
Jesus Christ is the only pathway to fellowship with God. He is the only one who can truly see. And so He alone is our teacher, mentor, and guide. We must therefore carefully follow His example, as outlined in scripture. If we seek to follow and be led by any other person, then we...