12. John 15:18 - "If the ___ hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you." 13. John 15:23 - "He that ___ me hateth my Father also." 14. John 16:1 - "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be ___." 15. John 16:8 - "And when he ...
Have you ever hated someone else? Have you ever thought about hurting someone else? Have you ever had a racist thought about another human being? We live in a day when the value of human life is quickly being diminished. What does the Bible tell us about the value of...
Understanding the word “saint” in the Bible and its scope and usage led me to a clearer picture. The singular version of the word translated ” saint” (qāḏôš-Hebrew-hagios-Greek)appears only two times in both the King James and the New King James versions (Psalm 106:16andPhil...
They hated being under the boot of Roman authority, and also feared that any uprising on their part would be cause for the iron fisted, full fury of Roman wrath to fall upon them. (In 70 A.D., their worst fears were realized.). As you follow the career of Jesus, you can see ...
He hated Assyria, of which Nineveh was a major urban center. If you have read your scriptures, then you should know that there was a deep hatred of the Assyrians within the Jewish community. Considering what scripture tells us about the Assyrians, Jonah’s lifetime of harmful interactions ...
5Hear the word fo the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared inRenovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in Berkeley, Ca. The Qur’an is the most hated book in America that no one has ever read, and there are already new visa bans on Muslims deriving fr...
no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound...
the sins we once loved and love the good things we once hated. But Jesus told the highly respected religious leader you must be born again to receive eternal life and be changed (John 3:3). We need a new starting point. When this happens by the act of the Holy Spirit, our journey ...
the house of Israel" (Matt.15:24). And in marvelous grace He tabernacled among them. But He was not wanted. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:11). Not only did they receive Him not, they "despised and rejected Him;" they "hated Him without a cause...