That doesn’t sound like blessing to me, but he says, When you are persecuted, yours is the kingdom of heaven.” There is tremendous hope, tremendous promise in what Jesus says as we seek to live out those things, to be meek, to be merciful, to be the things that Jesus describes,...
Jesus did not provide details between the preaching of the gospel to the entire world and His coming. The apostles and disciples, including John, would later provide much more detail in the book of Revelation, which describes the seven last plagues, the time of trouble, the beast and his ma...
Just before the completion of the gospel going to the whole world, Jesus describes the generation that we now live in… “And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. “ Matthew 24:10:14 I can’t think of a better description of our society at...
They were overthrown, scattered in the wilderness, as Paul describes in the previous passage, and in this set of verses, he continues to teach of the end result of these three sins. Notice that Paul shifts to describing the end result of these three specific sins as destruction. Idolatry ...
In the gospel this Sunday, Luke describes Jesus going to synagogue and reading from a scroll. It feels like the first act of a life of public ministry. Luke says that Jesus went to the synagogue that day “according to his custom.” In other words, Jesus regularly attended the synagogue ...
In a following discussion with other faculty members, they said the paper describes the sort of experiences students everywhere need: opportunities to see what’s really there in the Bible, to really observe how it witnesses to Jesus Christ and the gospel, and to make space for honest and dee...
The same seven/eight pattern found in Exodus 2:3-10 that describes the childhood of Moses is repeated in the Hebrew text of Exodus 2:11-21 describing Moses' life as an adult in Egypt. The word ish, "man," is repeated seven times in verses 11 (twice), 12, 14, 19, 20, and 21,...
(see Isa 40:3-5) to show us that not only was Jesus’ arrival foretold by the prophets but also the appearance of one who came to prepare for Him, an indication of the importance of this preparation. Isaiah describes the work poetically; it entails making straight paths, filling in ...
It is NOT a name but a verb that describes, in this case, a state of being, and yes, ‘âlâh is a state of being. The word ‘âlâh, according to the Word Study Dictionary, is described as “A verb meaning to curse, or to put under oath. It is used in many ...
(1 Cor. 14:23). Paul is telling the Corinthians that their abuse of tongues makes them look insane, and this is a sign of their unbelief (that is why tongues are a “sign for unbelievers”; the “unbelievers” were the Corinthians themselves). This is the same reason why Jesus spoke ...