Secondly, though, Paul wants us to gain knowledge of God by learning about our riches. He says in Ephesians 1:18,the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.I hope you understand that the riches that belong to us in Christ—the inheritance that is ours in Jesus Christ—is partly...
We can certainly quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19), and sin can hinder the filling of the Spirit, affecting our fruitfulness for God. We can also grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) when our actions and words displease God. The answer to this as believers in Christ is ...
Is it not sensible to believe that when we meditate on God’s Word (Ps 1), to change my metaphor from sailing to planting, “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”?
Similarly, Paul references Psalm 118 in Ephesians 2:19-22, describing Jesus as the cornerstone of the church, in whom believers are built together as a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. What Does It Mean that Jesus Was Rejected as a Cornerstone? The cornerstone is pivotal in providing ...
(Ephesians 1:13) The sealing work of the Holy Spirit is the basis for our eternal security during the Church Age. Among the spiritual benefits of being sealed by the Holy Spirit are: 1) Men receive courage to rebuke sin: Matt. 3:8 2) Men are enabled to speak with confidence: Acts ...
Accordingly hope is made a rational principle, and is always declared to be, not only a privilege, but a high Christian duty, co-ordinate with faith and love (as in 1Corinthians 13:13; Ephesians 4:4). St. Paul does not scruple to say that, if we have it not, for the next life ...
There is a huge principle in Scripture that is throughout Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, 1&2 Corinthians…it’s all over the place.Here it is: God does not demand perfection in you. God is not expecting you to measure up. God never thought that you could live the Christian life, nor ...
Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now ...
He is called “brother of the Lord”, but “brother” can and does mean extended family, cousin in this case, his mother being not Mary, Mother of Jesus, but Mary the wife of Clopas who was at the foot of the Cross with Mary the Mother of Jesus (John 19:25). Clopas was, ...
We don’t have any problem with that, but the rest of 1 Corinthians 15:2 brings the dilemma. Paul says, “by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached.” What does that mean? Does that mean that if a person stops believing the gospel, they lose their...