Polycarp was a personal friend and pupil of the Apostle John, and chief presbyter of the church at Smyrna, where a plain stone monument still marks his grave. He was the teacher of Irenaeus of Lyons, and thus the connecting link between the apostolic and post-apostolic ages. As he died ...
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1. When Jesus sent John and Peter to make arrangements for the Last Supper, he told them to look for a man “carrying a pitcher of water” (Luke 22:10). This clue seems slim to us, but in those days, men did not do the water-fetching. ...
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deceived into believing their own efforts will help them reach “the heavens.” But the Bible is clear that the only way to reach God is through the Lord Jesus Christ. Our reliance on Him for our salvation and the building of His Church is essential (Ephesians 1:22,John 14:6,John 3:...
“He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.”— John, the Baptist, John 3:30 I do not humble myself and decrease into a void. As the Apostle James said, I submit to the MIGHTY HAND of GOD! This is to say, my denial and renunciation of self can ONLY...
during this time frame that the new Elijah, John the Baptist was active in the vicinity of the Jordan River. It was also during this waiting period that first the Zealots and later the Sicarii rose up probably out of the Essene community who had lost patience waiting for their Messiah....
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whoever believes may in Him have eternal life.[John 3:14-15] These verses refer us back to one of the most unique stories in the Old Testament. In the book of Numbers, we find ...
So I don’t know if they’re followers of Jesus because I don’t know their hearts. The other tricky thing is that while the Bible is perfectly true, our understanding of it is not. The apostle Paul says it’s like looking through a glass dimly, which always makes me think of a fo...
Paul the Apostle declared, “So, as much as is in me,I amready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek” (R...