Fasting for God’s deliverance. We also find people fasting when God’s deliverance was needed, as when King Jehoshaphat was approached by a large invading army. “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together...
Biblically, it echoes the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, where Satan offers Him all the kingdoms of the world (Matthew 4:8-9). This phrase underscores the temporary nature of earthly gains compared to eternal life. yet forfeit his soul?"Forfeiting one's soul" refers to the ultimate...
Does this mean that biblically-oriented Christians shouldn’t observe Advent? For some, the answer is “Yes.” If it’s not explicitly taught in Scripture, then Christians shouldn’t do it. You’ll find that kind of argument among non-instrumental Church of Christ believers, for example. Sin...
19. The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,29. was beforehand decreed from God.38. Nothing can sever us from his love.Study Bible Book ◦ Chapter But if we hope for what we do not yet seeThis phrase emphasizes the nature of Christian hope, which is rooted in faith and the ...
It is that very thing that led our church into a more biblically based denomination. My thoughts this morning are disturbed by what I see going on in the world and in the churches and denominations that have been seduced by the world. My other thought this morning is to pray what Jesus ...
9.1. In light of God’s creative design, we believe that the Bible teaches that marriage is the joining of one man and one woman and that sexual intimacy is to be expressed only within the bounds of a Biblically defined marriage (Gen 2:18, 24-25; Matt 19:4-6; 1 Cor 7:1-5; Eph...
Counting from New Years Day until the February 9th Superbowl is40days. A number biblically that means a time oftrialortesting. But we also have the number14(the number of those killed) which is a double 7 and biblically speaks of spiritual perfection, salvation or deliverance. So, we have...
deliverance is offered to us by the faith of Christ so that we must not fear the death which otherwise threatens us. And he has used a general term, both to invite indiscriminately all to share in life and to cut off every excuse from unbelievers. Such is also significant in the term ...
greater than her own—not wealth wise, but in terms of what He could uniquely provide that she could get nowhere else, namely deliverance for her young daughter. So, she isn’t recognizing Him as divine here—likely she wouldn’t quite know what to make of Him as miracle workers w...
In his commentary on John 3:16,“that whosoever believeth in him should not perish”, Calvin wrote, “The outstanding thing about faith is that it delivers us from eternal destruction. For He especially wanted to say that although we seem to have been born for death sure deliverance is ...