The author of the Book of Romans, addressing both Jewish and Gentile believers in Rome, explaining the universality of sin and the need for salvation through Jesus Christ. Teaching PointsNatural Law and ConscienceGod has instilled a sense of right and wrong in every human being, which is ...
Study BibleBook ◦Chapter “What is your name?” Jesus asked. In this passage, Jesus is addressing a man possessed by an unclean spirit. The question "What is your name?" is significant as it demonstrates Jesus' authority over the spiritual realm. In ancient Jewish culture, knowing the na...
What is a Church? Biblical Basics for Christian Community “What is a church?” Now that seems like a easy question, the sort of question one might answer in an simple sentence or two. “A church is a building in which Christians meet for worship,” is one obvious possibility. “A chur...
for their words - they most certainly are - but the Bible is clear: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12...
This love is not based on feelings but on sacrifice. The Bible calls men to act like martyrs toward their wives, laying down their own lives on their wives’ behalf (Ephesians 5:25). Love is not just an emotion; it’s also a policy and a commitment that we choose to keep. Such a...
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.(Ephesians 5:31-32). Think about it: Two far-from-perfect people are covenanting ...
Blessed be the Lord our God! Today we consider 1 John 3.1-3, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s child...
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10) 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,...
Ephesians 1:13 says, And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who ...
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.Ephesians 1:...