Proverbs 14:21- "Whoever despises their neighbor sins, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy." Ephesians 4:26-27- "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." ...
But symbols aren't always consistent in the Bible. In verse 9, I don't think that John has in mind "the word," the message, but the Holy Spirit as the seed. As we mentioned previously, Jesus teaches that the new birth takes place by the Holy Spirit: ...
I began blogging through the Bible in 2012 and have done so every year since then. These posts are the product of many edits and additions throughout those years. Some days I make major changes, other days fewer. A while ago, I read Jen Wilkin’s bookNone Like Himabout the attributes ...
50This is what theLordsays: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sellyou? Because of your sinsyou were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. ...
Are you dealing with sin in your life? The angel told Joseph that he was to name the baby JESUS, “for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). So, are you dealing with sin? Are you increasingly …Continue reading→ ...
20“The Redeemerwill come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares theLord. 21“As for me, this is my covenantwith them,” says theLord. “My Spirit,who is on you, will not depart from you,and my words that I have put in your mouthwill always be on your...
if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to...
he wanted to be like the Most High God, He was jealous of God’s position and authority. And we know that didn’t end well – Lucifer and a third of all the angels were cast out of heaven to the earth. In this case we could say that jealousy was one of the original sins. ...
*Speaking to Christians in 1 John 1:8-10, the Apostle John also used the present tense and wrote, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to c...
“5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be ...