peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong in Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ...
Why did Jesus Christ have to suffer? Essentially, Jesus Christ suffered and died because of sin—not His own sin, but the sins of all of mankind. Notice the prophet Isaiah’s description of Christ’s suffering: “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been ...
“The truth is we don't know why Judas did what he did,” notes Cargill. “The grand irony, of course, is that without [Judas’s betrayal], Jesus doesn't get handed over to the Romans and crucified. Without Judas, you don't have the central component of Christianity—you don't hav...
Others say that Christ was a brilliant teacher, but not the son of God. Appealing as that argument sounds, C.S. Lewis critiqued this perspective half a century ago. He argued that you can’t accept him as a great moral teacher without also accepting his claim to be God. Since Jesus’...
32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. 33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a ...
They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].Christian Standard BibleWhy is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.Holman Christian Standard BibleWhy is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but ...
Jesus Christ was crucified by the Jews. This is an historical fact. For the Jewish leaders brought Jesus Christ to Pontius Pilate with trumped up charges of subversive teachings against the Romans – even when they heard Him say, “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s.” ...
Thankfully, the Resurrection did occur, and for those reasons, we have immense hope and assurance. It is through the Resurrection that we find assurance of our redemption and the promise of new life in Christ. Furthermore, the Resurrection validates Jesus' identity as the Son ...
“For I determined not to know anything among you, exceptJesus Christand Him crucified” (1Cor 2:2). “But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal 6:14). 14. The fourteenth reason why I believe the Bible is exclusively the Wor...
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. “And being found in human form...