19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you...
The Bible talks a lot about faith, describing it as complete trust or confidence in someone or something, especially in God and His promises. It says that faith is believing in what we can't see. For example,Hebrews 11:1defines faith as "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction...
If we look at the root cause of the fear, we may discover that we are no different than Adam. The cause of the fear was not God, but Adam’s nakedness. It was shame that kept Adam from turning to God. It is our own nakedness that causes us to be afraid, too. Not physical na...
And who’s to say that, given similar circumstances in our power hungry and power-polluted system we would not have arrived at the same conclusions? The same outcome. Who among us can honestly say we’d not have been driven along by the same tidal wave of hatred and evil? If something...
Matthew Henry says of this passage,It is repeated twice; Be not called Rabbi, neither be ye called Master or Guide: not that it is unlawful to give civil respect to those that are over us in the Lord, nay, it is an instance of the honor and esteem which it is our duty to show ...
But when John says, "Behold the Lamb of God!" he means more that wondering or considering. "Looking" is used in Scripture for faith: "Look unto me, and be ye saved." Therefore we sing -- There is life for a look at the crucified One, ...
No, it doesn't – at least the Bible doesn't say so in these words. However, there are Bible verses that imply it, for instance 1 Timothy 5:8 which says "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse...
voice. We will follow him. He will give us eternal life. Then Jesus says no one can take us out of his hand. No one can take us out of the Father’s hand. Scholars tell us that this is a turn of phrase that means that if God wants to hold onto us, no one can take us ...
I think this passage from John for my Bible Burst today is rather interesting. If we just look at the words themselves without taking into context anything else that Jesus has said (which, by the way, is something that you should never ever do if you want to know who Jesus is) we mig...
On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." -Romans 12:20-21 ...