The word for "families" or "clans" occurs five times in Genesis 10 (also see Ephesians 3:15) and denotes the most rudimentary human organizational structure. Multiple families would synchronize into speaking one language. That language would cover a specific territory and that territory would deter...
God is One (Deuteronomy 6:4) and utterly unique, but man, though many, is invited to partake in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) and be One (Ephesians 4:1-6,John 17:21-23) just like God is One (Matthew 5:48). An uncritical descent into whatever the majority is doing is always...
but through trouble and sorrow. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).
Ephesians 2:4-5 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Read ChapterAll Versions Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ...
"Good" occurs in the rendering of many other Greek words and phrases, as eudokia, "good pleasure" (Ephesians 1:9); "good will" (Luke 2:14;Philippians 1:15); sumphero, "to bear together," "not good to marry" (Matthew 19:10), the Revised Version (British and American) "expedient"...
Keeping heart also requires that we learn how to run true again. The witness of Scripture consistently points to the beautiful reality that God made you on purpose (Psalm 139) and for a purpose (Ephesians 2). The Hebrew writer taps into this reality in verse one as he calls us to “run...
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will”(Ephesians 1:4-5 NIV). Knowing us fully, He continually chooses to love ...
Salvation: Grace is often associated with God's act of providing salvation to humanity. In Christian theology, it is believed that salvation is not earned by human effort but is a gift from God through His grace. This is based on passages like Ephesians 2:8-9, which states, "For by gra...
But FORNICATION, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks." (Ephesians 5:1-4) What Is Fornication? The following text is from...
to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific. to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.). Is Forsakenness a word? The state or condition of being forsaken. ...