And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. What might that look...
On three occasions Luke makes this very claim, saying, “Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus” (Acts 1:16; cf. Psa 109:8), and “the Holy Spirit, through th...
Isaiah 28:16; “He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” By Will Myers UspaceVspace=QV (Th...
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you allspeak the same thing, and that therebe no divisions among you, but that you beperfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.For it has been declared to me concerning you, my bret...
Therefore, brethren, let us be careful of our bodies, nor misuse them as though not our own. Let us not say like the heretics, that this vesture of the body belongs not to us, but let us be careful of it as our own; for we must give account to the Lord of all things done ...
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Matthew 23: 8 – 9 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy...
Luke 1:36 – Elizabeth is Mary’s kinswoman. Some Bibles translate kinswoman as “cousin,” but this is an improper translation because in Hebrew and Aramaic, there is no word for “cousin.” Luke 22:32 – Jesus tells Peter to strengthen his “brethren.” In this case, we clearly see...
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell in the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and PRAY ALWAYS, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." According to this passage there is ...
But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation throughsanctification by the Spiritand faith in the truth. On this topic, Paul speaks most severely in 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8, ...
the times of the full revelation of grace which before was hidden; in the times of grace now manifested in the floor, which once lay hid in the fleece…Wherefore we are forced exceedingly to bewail our brethren, who strive not against hidden, but against open and manifested grace. There is...