What did Jesus say about the talents left on deposit with stewards who did not earn a return? What did Jesus say about the tree that does not yield fruit? Am I overreaching? Finally, if God is the owner/customer, what business are we in? How do we measure the results? I have some ...
Here is a simple rule of thumb. If you are talking about someone who is not present, then it is very possible to slip into gossip. I would say it can happen intentionally or unintentionally. Regardless of how you get there, it is gossip nonetheless which means it is betrayal. Here are ...
Jesus chose Judas knowing fully that he had a wicked and unbelieving heart that would lead to betrayal (John 6:64; 70-71) in fulfillment of the Scriptures.
God isn’t going to destroy the world in the supposed battle of Armageddon. One might ask if the Bible teaches God is going to destroy the world in the future, why did Jesus tell his audience that supposed predictions about the world ending would happen in their lifetime (Mt. 24:34). ...
This book and the series are a religious allegory, specifically a Biblical allegory. In the story, the lion Aslan represents Christ, as he sacrifices himself for another character similar to Jesus sacrificing himself for humanity. Aslan's betrayal and resurrection in the story parallel the events ...
Jesus said the Tribulation Period would be a time so terrible that if He didn’t return to put a stop to it, there would be no flesh saved out of it. So it is entirely reasonable to expect that the period leading up to it would be, ah, unpleasant, to say the least. Jesus ...
By John 21, Peter has learned of Jesus’s resurrection and at least twice had been with the other disciples when Jesus appeared to them (John 20:19-31). But the shame and anguish of his betrayal must have remained a heavy burden. We see confirmation of this in John 21. While the dis...
” At this stage Jesus can look at Judas, seeing what he has become, and say to the Father, you gave him to me. There is no failure that contradicts the grace of faith, and he did not say that with rancor or bitterness. He said that with the utmost of serenity – Father, you ...
did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” Read that slowly. God, loved us. He gave us his Son, by sending him to die for us in our place on the cross. By Jesus taking our place on the cross and ...
” At this stage Jesus can look at Judas, seeing what he has become, and say to the Father, you gave him to me. There is no failure that contradicts the grace of faith, and he did not say that with rancor or bitterness. He said that with the utmost of serenity – Father, you ...