” the Lord says through Samuel to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:22. To obey God is better than offering a sacrifice. To obey God, to “heed” the Lord and listen to His words, is better than “the fat of rams.” What God is saying is that, even if you give rams and their fat (the ...
Why would God create an imperfect world? In a word, for the sake of love; for the sake of people like me; the sake of love manifests as life transformation,, empathy, compassion, humility, agapē; love manifests in creating a better world and even building up the very kingdom of love...
He’s conflating the ascension, which is what Jesus did where he goes into heaven by his own power and the assumption where Mary is taken up by the power of Christ into heaven. When we talk about our resurrection the last day, when we will God willing be body and soul with Jesus in...
Mark had a different focus. While he did understand Jesus as the Son of God, he typically made sure that people understood his humanity as being a part of the unique personhood of Jesus. Jesus is not half human and half God. The human part was as important as the God part. For...
Spirit, who have tasted the powers of the coming age. To those called to be the sons of God through faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus, the Christ. To all who would lay aside their own lives, that they might know Him, and the fellowship of His sufferings, and His resurrection life....
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Because of His sacrifice we can have a relationship with God and eternal life through Him. But when it came time for Jesus to die for our sins, He was alone. His disciples abandoned Him. But have you ever wondered why He had to do this alone? Photo credit: ©Getty Images/Shuang ...
Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There is another reason which is often overlooked. Satan tried to use God's perfect righteousness as a reason why God should not save sinners. Satan accused God of being a self-serving Judge, saving man for God's own benefit. Thus it...
See also:Evidence for Jesus,Did Jesus Exist?[2][3],Why I am not a Christian(a must read), theChristological Argument, Hitchens –Core of the Jesus mythandChristianity is Immoral(both must watch). “Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you...
“But IF we walk in the light, as he (God) is in the light, we have fellowship one with another (God with us, and us with God), and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from ALL sin” (I John 1:7) When Moses received the two stone tables (with the 10LC) from ...