“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17 There is a pivotal reason for which Christ was born, then crucified, and raised from the dead. It was first of all to provide a perfect, complete, unchanging way for…
“…the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.’” Genesis 17:1 We might think that since Abram (Abraham) is so far removed from our modern world, thousands of years ago, that he did not face some of the same challenges that we face when it comes to…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him BEFORE the foundation of the world…” Ephesians 1:3 It is one thing for men to use the day of their birth as a…
“…That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 When John the Apostle was an old man, having walked with the Lord for many years, God gave him…
“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free – and have been made to drink into one Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:13 The body of Christ, the “church,” and every living member of it, is a miracle and marvel of God. Though the knowledge…
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory IN THE CHURCH by Christ Jesus to ALL generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20, 21 Where did the idea of the church of Christ come…
“Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.” Psalm 24:9,10 When God began to reveal to mankind the salvation in Christ, He did so in three ways. …
“They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.” Jeremiah 32:38,39 One of the covenants that God gave to Israel, He declaring it to be a “new…
“And you shall know the truth, and he truth shall make you free…Therefore, it the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:32,36 When Moses, a man of eighty years of age, came upon the burning bush in the wilderness of Sinai, the Lord spoke to Him, revealing to him who He…
“But now O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay and you our Potter, and all we are the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8 When considering the difference between the Creator and that which was created, the disparity is such that man, in the littleness of his mind and heart, can hardly…