“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.4): Walking in the Light – 1 John 1 – Context
“For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord.” (2 Chronicles 28:19) Jotham, king of Judah, reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He “became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God” (2 Chronicles …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.3): Encouraging Moral Decline
“Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, ‘Behold, I …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.2): “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!” (Psalm 117) The Lord is worthy of our praise, thanksgiving, and adoration. He is a merciful and benevolent God. His lovingkindness is not limited to …
Continue reading Facebook: Praise the Lord!After commanding Timothy to “hold fast the pattern of sound words” (1:13), and mentioning those who have failed to do so, Paul continued to encourage Timothy to endure. To do so, he would need strength. Such is found “in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” The knowledge of God’s gracious gifts bestowed on man …
Continue reading 2 Timothy 2:1-7What did the Lord mean when He told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9)? This article considers the Lord’s words.
Continue reading My Grace Is Sufficient For You
“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.1): Pressing Toward The Goal“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” (Ephesians 1:3). The apostle Paul begins his epistle to the church in Ephesus with a section of thanksgiving to God for blessings enjoyed by those in Christ Jesus. God is …
Continue reading Facebook: Spiritual Blessings in the Heavenly PlacesIn Romans 6, Paul had explained to his audience that grace does not permit sin. Rather, one under grace is one who died to sin, being buried with Christ in baptism (6:4). He is to reckon himself dead to sin, and alive to God through Christ Jesus (6:11). He is to present himself to God …
Continue reading The Inner Conflict of Romans 7
“no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:20-21). The Bible contains writing like no other. The origin of Scripture is with God in eternity (cf. Ephesians 3:9-12; Isaiah …
Continue reading Facebook: Writing of Divine Origin