Christmas is about love and sacrifice, for nearly two thousand years ago, Jesus willingly laid down His life and died a penal substitutionary atoning death on a cross (Mark 10:45; John 3:16; 10:11, 17-18). He died for us (Rom 5:8), paying the penalty for our sins (1 Cor 15:...
Salvation is never what we do for God; rather, it’s what He’s done for us through the Person and work of Jesus who died for our sins, was buried in a grave, raised to life on the third day, and seen by many, as Scripture teaches (1 Cor 15:3-5). Jesus accomplished what we...
When we are born again, we are born from the inside out, not through our efforts to clean up the outside and become acceptable to God (Matthew 23:25). We sing about God accepting us just as we are. Jesus died for us when we were still in our sins (Romans 5:8). God slowly cha...
4The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay...
“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...
Read ChapterAll Versions John 8:41-42 41You are doing the works of your own father.”“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God...
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.
“ForIamtheLord,Idonotchange; Malachi 3:6 We also learned there was a School Master whose job was finished when Jesus died on the cross. This was the laws contained in ordinances i.e., the ceremonial and sacrificial laws that pointed forward to Jesus in types and shadows. ...
For if you have the right view of the atonement, the people can easily see that the Bible proves that Christ died for all men, for the whole world of sinners; and therefore unless you will allow me to sweep your views of the atonement all away, I can say nothing to any purpose." ...
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?)...