Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it. What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or […]
Indeed, a king will reign righteously,and rulers will rule justly.Each will be like a shelter from the wind,a refuge from the rain,like streams of water in a dry landand the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.The reckless mind will […]
So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.” “I am the good shepherd. I know […]
Therefore, though we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight—yet we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord. Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim […]
So death works in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith in accordance with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore speak, knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and present us with you. For all this is because […]
But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ, and spreads through us in every place the scent of knowing Him. For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To some we are a scent of death leading to death, but to others, […]
Paul’s appeal to Caesar in the courtroom of Festus, the governor of Celicia, when being charged by Jews from Jerusalem of profaning their temple, caused him to be in Rome to appear before Caesar by chapter 28 of the Acts of the Apostles. Luke wrote that while waiting for that trial, Paul lived for two years in his own rented […]
Below is the beginning of a study named Flesh or Spirit. The link in the previous sentence will open the whole study if you are interested. ________________________________________________________________ This study has at its core two searches. One is related to our true identities, and the other is related to the type of behavior that is expected of us by God and […]
In the first few verses of Matthew chapter 18, Jesus answered His disciples’ question, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Their question had nothing to do with dying, and nothing to do with going anywhere. It was a “now” question. “In Your Kingdom, who is the greatest?” might be a good paraphrase of it. Having that in […]
1 Corinthians 12 Now, about spiritual matters… Verse 7: the Spirit manifests in each person with some supernatural power. One Spirit gives all the gifts, and that same Spirit gives a gift to each member of the body of Jesus. Perhaps the main point there is unity in diversity. In verses 4 through 27, Paul wrote about what he called […]