God raises them out of slavery to sin into the liberty of the children of God. This is how the heavenly Canaan will be filled. God first calls, then He enables us to respond. Some choose to stay in Babylon, unwilling to leave behind the familiar world they’ve always known. Cyrus’ ...
The Word of God is an exceedingly complex unity. The different items and the various kinds of material which make it up—laws, promises, liturgies, genealogies, arguments, narratives, meditations, visions, aphorisms, homilies, parables and the rest—do not stand in Scripture as isolated ...
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Mysel...
The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. 1 Samuel 2:6 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Hebrews 2:1 I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the ...
We don’thave to start a fight to challenge this Culture of Violence against Women. We just have to become RE-sensitized to what we are really saying and hearing, choose what we are willing to face up to in order to change our culture, and DO IT. ...
Isaiah 25:8 – God swallows up death in victory – 2 Tim. 1:10 – Jesus abolishes death and brings life and immortality. Isaiah 40:8 – the Word of God shall stand forever – Matt. 24:35 – the Words of Jesus shall not pass away. ...
The Lord is working this waging war within us and only He brings victory. Learning to trust in the Lord and His sovereignty is how we are given to rise up and overcome our enemies via our faith. 1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:because greater is he ...