and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it(Matt. 16:16–18). When Christ parted with and said farewell to His disciples, He promised to send them another Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Who would instruct them, would guide (ὁδηγήσει) them into all truth, and Who woul...
Rom. 5:5 – this “hope” does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Our hope is assured if we persevere to the end. Rom. 8:24 – this “hope” of salvation that Paul writes about is unnecessary if salvation is guaranteed....
Why this important: The main idea of the passage is that the Holy Spirit gives different gifts to different people … Continue reading→ Embracing Transformation: The Liberating Power of Confession in Spiritual Maturity November 1, 2024 Why this is important: In the journey of faith, believers of...
In effect, Satan wants to replace God. He does it through surrogates: This has been Satan’s motive from the start…to oppose God, but to do it indirectly by replacing God with someone else. This is the spirit of the Antichrist. Paul seems to be drawing on this passage in Isaiah, “...
Abraham stood still, eventually drawing near to the LORD and then began to reason with God. He actually pleaded using the very nature of God against Him. You are not unjust! What if there are 50 righteous men. Will you kill them along with the unrighteous? What about 40? 30? 20? 10...
The answer is an emphatic NO, as the Holy Spirit will still be on earth, drawing as many to Jesus as will come. Is it true that grace will indeed be gone? What that means to those who come to Christ during the seven years of wrath is that you will have to prove your allegiance ...
5 Gospel books, for example, represent Christ himself and contain his Holy Word.6 Accordingly the artistic and material effort expended on these pages, evident in rich ornamentation, in colours, and in gold 77 2 The basics and a general overview about the form and function of initials are ...
Archaeology has now confirmed three important facts about the current site of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher:1. It was outside the city walls of Jerusalem in 30 AD2. It had many tombs in the first century (and they are clearly seen yet today)3. There is an earlier building here ...
At first you might find it difficult and feel like you are wasting time, but as you make it a routine of worship, you will find you and your family drawing closer to your Creator and it will revive you physically and emotionally. You will feel better. Remember, it was made for you!
but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. (Rom 5:1–...