Though the power of the sin nature is broken (Rom 6:11-14), its presence remains within us until God takes us from this world and gives us a new body like the body of Jesus (1 Cor 15:51-53; Phil 3:20-21; 1 John 3:5). While we have a new nature in Christ from the moment...
The total destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman soldiers was horrible. Many who tried to escape were crucified outside the city. At one time, the number of crosses outside the city almost made it look like a forest of trees. Those who heeded the advice of Jesus escaped the city and rema...
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1: 2, ...
I wrote this poem inspired by Psalm 1:3, which says: ” He will be like a tree planted by streams … Continue reading→ Who was Simeon? September 25, 2024 Why this is important: If you have ever read the Gospel of Luke, you may have come across a character … ...
”[4]And the one who adheres to this pattern of meditating on God’s Word “will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers” (Psa 1:3). The imagery of a tree ...
Psalm 1- Blessed is the man who does not walk with the wicked, whose delight is in the law of the LORD. He is like a tree planted by the water. Psalm 40- I waited patiently for the LORD. He drew me up from the pit. I delight to do your will, O God. My heart fails me, ...
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.“Jeremiah 17...
4 Therefore 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.5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the ...
“In that parable the olive tree is the House of Israel… In its native land it began to die. So the Lord took branches like the Nephites, like the lost tribes, and like others that the Lord led off that we do not know anything about, to other parts of the earth. He planted them...
8They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”