That moment in the Bible when Jesus beckons the little children to come to him – this is not a purely happy moment filled with pleasant niceties. It comes with a rebuke. The disciples want to shoo away the youngsters, who are generally seen as a distracting nuisance – but Jesus says, ...
The Twelve Disciples The Parables of Jesus Water Into Wine A Leper Cured Thirty Pieces of Silver The Last Supper Betrayal At Gethsemane Jesus Condemned DISC TWO: The Trial of Jesus An Empty Tomb Ascension Into heaven Ambassador of Christ
In our culture, everything that occurred prior to the Incarnation of Christ is marked B.C. (Before Christ.). The years afterward are dated A.D. (“Anno Domini,” The Year of the Lord). Christmas is what I call and Eternal Event. With an accumulation of traditions and folklore, should...
John 1:1 – John writes, “the Word was God.” This is clear evidence of Jesus Christ’s divinity. (Note: in the Jehovah’s bible, the passage was changed to “Word was a god.” This is not only an embarrassing attempt to deny the obvious divinity of Christ, but it also violates...
Acts 1:22 – literally, “one must be ordained” to be a witness with us of His resurrection. Apostolic ordination is required in order to teach with Christ’s authority. Acts 6:6 – apostolic authority is transferred through the laying on of hands (ordination). This authority has transferr...
ancient manuscripts points to this as the real ending of Mark’s Gospel, not 16:9-20. It’s worth reflecting on why Mark most likely ended not with an appearance of Jesus but with a promise that his disciples will see him, and not with a response of belief but with fleeing and fear...
‘Little children’ is the tenderest of all the names that ever came from Christ’s lips to His disciples, and never was heard on His lips except on this one occasion, for parting words ought to be very loving words. ‘A little while I am with you,’ but He does not say, ‘And ...
1 Corinthians 13:13“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Romans 5:8“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Examples of Bible Stories on Love : ...
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life....
but it can’t be based on counting or pursuing good works. Those good works find their origin in the root of Christ. He is the root; works are the fruit. He is the vine. We are the branches. As branches, we cannot produce the fruit if not connected to the source of the fruit, ...