Jesus died for everyone, not just a select few, for “God has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 John 4:14). Jesus is “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29), and He gave His life “as a ransom for all” (1 Tim 2:6), and...
True teachings always aim to bring people to Christ. Someone can love Jesus and not have all the doctrines straight in their mind. In other words, let’s not be too quick to judge another person’s experience because they may have different nuances in their Christian beliefs. Thespiritof de...
All the people and the noise they made, Within my soul, I was afraid. I didn’t know the preacher that day, He talked about lilies and sparrow birds— My soul was alert, to these words. My soul is worth far more than these, Jesus died for me; why that’s absurd! What is this...
43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. ...
With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all. (Acts 4:33) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scr...
2 Cor. 5:14-15 – Christ has died for all (not just the elect), that those who live might live for Him. 1 Tim. 2:6 – Jesus Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all (not just for the elect). But only those predestined to glory will be saved. 1 Tim. 4:10 – our hope is...
Luckily we can do something, but believeing that Jesus died for everyone's sins ensures us one thing- The fact of eternity after death and being a son/daughter of a loving God Mark 16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."*You do ...
he who did not spare his own son, but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us–who will condemn? It is Christ Jesus who died, also was raised who ...
“The supremacy of Scripture is not a dictate imposed on us by a faceless despot. The words of Scripture are the words of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for his people.” “God becomes supreme in our hearts not by battering us into submission but by gently changing our...
St. Simon the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He may have been one of the group of Zealots, the Jewish nationalistic party before becoming a follower of Christ.