Satan comes immediately and takes away the wordthat wassown in their hearts.These likewise are the onessown on stony groundwho, when theyhear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation...
Whitaker goes on to say, “As the Israelites’ festivals were a perpetual retelling of the same story, so are our Christian traditions a form of continually re-grounding ourselves in the narrative of redemption. The consistent ‘return of old things in new times,’ Chesterton tells us, . . ...
Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. (Romans 12:12) We know that all things work for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son, so that he might be th...
5Alsowhenthey shall be afraid ofthat which ishigh, and fearsshall bein the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6Or ever the silver cord be lo...
10Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. Read ChapterAll Versions Matthew 24:30-31 30“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. An...
I also wonder why Paul would address Timothy ” Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” (I suppose the argument might be that Paul means the potentially elect….isn’t that Universalism?)...
We need to ask God to help us to become more patient and more like what he wants us to be. Thank Him for the good things, and seek the resilience to endure the bad. To live, not in the shadow of fear and despair, but in the light of God’s love. ...
And to think, this promise awaits His faithful believers who endure. On Patmos, God gave Apostle John a vision for our future. “Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new...I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end...the one who conquers...
If this is true, then how can Protestants believe in the erroneous teaching of “Once saved, always saved?” If salvation occurred at a specific point in time when we accepted Jesus as personal Lord and Savior, there would be no need to endure to the end. We would already be saved. ...
“boiling over” with the Spirit of God, rejoicing in the hope that God provides for us, as we endure patiently whatever affliction comes to us, while we persist in prayer, participating in meeting the needs of all who are consecrated to God, and seeking to be as helpful as possible to...