Jesus was the very embodiment of the Sermon on the Mount.” Where Are the Beatitudes in the Bible When people talk of the Beatitudes, they usually think first of the Scripture passage Matthew 5:3–12. But four Beatitudes can be found also in Luke 6:20–22, set within the Sermon on ...
The gospel message is that God the Son came to earth, lived a perfectly obedient life, died on the cross to pay for our sins (Romans 5:1), and rose again, proving His atoning work was complete (Romans 4:22-25). Scripture says that the person of faith actually becomes the very righ...
Scripture explains that God has great long-suffering with humanity before His anger reaches such a critical point (2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4-11). The Great Tribulation represents a time when this point will have been reached with nations that have no excuse because they have been amply warned...
What if God is waiting for me? I can’t speak to God’s specific providence for each person, but I think it’s fair to say the answer is pretty much yes. What Scripture tells us about God is that his mercy endures forever, his compassion knows no bounds, his eye is on the ...
Scripture speaks of Satan’s rebellion against God, which consequentially led to the institution of the fallen angel’s establishment of a counterfeit kingdom on earth: Revelation 12:4: “Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in...
Light of the World in Scripture “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill ...
This “lake of fire” is also called “hell fire” in other places in Scripture. The Greek word translated hell in many of these scriptures is “Gehenna,” which is another name for the valley of Hinnom (located in the southern part of Jerusalem). It appears the “lake of fire” will...
Horn have pointed out, “may have been necessary, seeing as scripture is vague on some things like the word used for both a small increment of time or a vast period of undocumented time; and the transliteration of the King James version from “original” sources of Hebrew is influenced by...
Use our40-Day Devotional Guideto lead you in prayer and scripture reading through the Lenten Season! What to Give Up for Lent During Lent, it's common for people to give up certain things as a way to practice self-discipline and grow closer to their faith. You'll hear about people givi...
God’s plan is greater than our plan. His way is higher than our way. Our battle is in his hands. The outcome of the battle is in God’s hands. Some of the battles we fight, we won’t win on earth. We all have a final death sentence, even if we don’t have a medical diagn...