Living Stones 1 Peter 2, verse 4, begins with the words; “To whom coming..” And the reference of course is to the Lord. Verse 3, had said; “If you have tasted that the LORD is gracious; To whom coming..” And the meaning is.. “To whom YOU are coming; A living stone, indeed rejected by men, but with God, elect, and precious.” With God, things are…
Worthy Art The Lamb Who Was Slain I’d like to read to you a few passages from the book of Revelation. Go ahead and follow along in your own bibles if you’d like. I’m going to start at the very beginning, in Revelation 1, verses 1 thru 3; “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him, to show unto His servants, even the things which…
A Familiar Verse A verse that most people are very familiar with is John 15, verse 13. In this verse, Jesus tells us something about love, and about friends; “Greater love has no one, than this; That one should lay down his life, for his friends.” In the next verse, Jesus says; “You are My friends, if you do what I command.” And of course,…
A Religious “Tract” A friend of mine found a little religious tract the other day, and he showed it to me, and here’s part of what it said; One day John’s friend stopped him.. “John, I’ve got some good news for you! “Really?” John said. “Yes, the bible tells us that heaven can be our home, since Jesus Christ died for our sins! “That is good…
The Works of the Word I want us to consider six separate, but related works, that the Word of God has accomplished, and continues to accomplish, and will accomplish. First, the Word of God has created life, as we know it. Second, the Word of God creates faith in God the creator. Third, the Word of God became the sacrifice for the sins of the world. …
Who is “Poor” in Spirit? Jesus said in Mathew 5, verse 3; “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” I was reading in Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, and it says that “poor” means.. “to be beggarly, and destitute, and afflicted”, and that it refers to “one who is crouched in wretchedness”. And then it says; “It has always had a bad…
He Has Risen! Would this be a good day to talk about the resurrection of Christ? Personally, I think every day, is a good day to talk about all things Christ. The bible talks about the resurrection. Here’s a few things that it says; “He is not here, for He has risen..” Mathew 28, verse 6. “He has risen, He is not here..” …
“In The Spirit” The apostle John wrote in Revelation 1, verse 10; “I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day.” What did John mean by that? What did he mean when he said, “I was in the spirit..” ? Did John’s spirit leave his body on that day? The apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 12, verse 2, that he was “caught up…
Would You Wish To See Jesus ? It’s recorded in John 12, verse 21, that some people said to the apostle Philip; “Sir, we would see Jesus.” How many of you would like to see Jesus? I hope you’d like to, because the bible says, your gonna. The bible says everyone’s gonna see Him. Revelation 1, verse 7 tells us; “Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and…
The “Role” and the “Work” of the Holy Spirit In Part 1 of this study, we saw how the bible portrays the Holy Spirit as the “power” of God. By the word “power”, I mean the active force that accomplishes the will of God. For example, it was the Spirit of God (aka the Holy Spirit) who was “moving over the face of the waters” during the…
Israel Comes Out Of Egypt Israel was in bondage. They were slaves in a foreign land. Even though none of the Israelites who were brought up out of Egypt, had ever lived anywhere else, Egypt was not their home. There was a land that they had never seen, and that land was their true home. I’m sure that they had heard about it, but none of them…
Scripture reading; Luke 1:26 thru 38.. “Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God, to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And having come to her, he said; Hail favored one! The Lord is with you.” “But she was greatly troubled at…
Scripture Reading; 1 Peter 2:4 thru 8 “For it is contained in scripture”, verse 6 says; Behold, I lay in Zion, a choice stone, a precious corner stone. And he who believes in Him shall not be disappointed.” (the old testament scripture where that’s found, is Isaiah 28:16) “This preciousness then, (or, this precious value) is for you who believe. However, for those who disbelieve, the stone…