We are called to empty our mind of the sinful thought and to replace it with “whatever things are true, whatever things are just, whatever things are noble, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is ...
Sinners.--There is, of course, a stress upon this word in contrast to "the righteous man," "the good man," of the preceding verse. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - But God commendeth his own love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. The emphatic "his ...
We were not born as non-Jewish “sinners,” but we were born as Jews. Yet we know that a person is not made right with God by following the law. No! It
22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men...
It’s almost unbelievable that the perfect God himself would do such a thing for sinners like us. And indeed, many do reject the concept because, “It’s simply too good to be true.” They are right in that it is “simply too good.” They are wrong that it isn’t “true!” ...
This verse has a formula: Dust + God’s breath = living soul. Notice it didn’t say God put a human soul into Adam. It clearly states that the two components of earth and heaven make up a human soul. We don’t have a soul; we ARE a soul. This is life. We are all souls liv...
Verse(Click for Chapter) New International Version See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ...
We would like to focus on the phrase “predicted the sufferings of Christ” (verse 11). Question: Discuss the sufferings of Christ as foretold in the Old Testament. What are the prophecies? Why did Jesus have to suffer in addition to giving his life?
The child born to Mary, Jesus – the Son of God, who died for us and rose again – looks on your lowliness with favor. You may without shame or fear rejoice to behold him at his appearing. You are who God says you are, and you are lovely. Amen. ...
When the verse says ‘the stone had been removed from the tomb,’ this is also a prophecy for the future for all people who come to follow God. Because we ourselves are the stones that will be removed from our own personal tomb, our body of death, our grave of perishing flesh. Like...