1 Samuel 19: Saul tries to kill David Genesis 4: Cain and Abel Love Love is a foundational principle emphasized throughout the Bible. Verses like 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 describe love as patient, kind, and forgiving. The story of the Good Samaritan illustrates the importance of showing love ...
A prophet named Samuel was a priest and last judge in Israel, who was sent by God to Bethlehem. Samuel’s assignment was to dethrone (replace) the current King Saul and replace him with one of Jessie’s sons. The Bethlehem man made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. None of them ...
If you aren’t a committed follower of Christ, you may at least consider it to be simple, honest accounts by simple, honest people who never changed their story. Men and women who believed what they said, tried to share the incredible “Good News,” and spent the remainder of their ...
36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER 5: 1FOR we know that if our earthly house ofthistabernacle...
If salvation is absolutely assured after accepting Jesus as Savior, why would Paul hope? Rom. 5:5 – this “hope” does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Our hope is assured if we persevere to the end. Rom. 8:24 – this...
St. Paul of Tarsus Born Saul of Tarsus, a Greek speaking Jew from Asia Minor. As member of thePharisees, he was a zealous Jew that not only hated and condemned Christians. He regarded the followers of Christ to be dangerous heretics, and blasphemers. To him Christianity was nothing more ...
Such were some of you; butyou were washed, butyou were sanctified, butyou were justifiedin the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in theSpirit of our God. Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:13, But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, beca...
1 Sam. 28:7-20 – the intercessory mediation of deceased Samuel for Saul follows Sirach 46:20. 2 Kings 2:1-13 – Elijah being taken up into heaven follows Sirach 48:9. 2 Tim. 3:16 – the inspired Scripture that Paul was referring to included the deuterocanonical texts that the Prote...