As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away. Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return. He called 10 of his slaves, gave them […]
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia and were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, bypassing Mysia, they came down to Troas. During the night a vision appeared to […]
But if, while seeking to be justified by Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not! If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker. For through the law I have died to the law, that I might live to God. I have […]
The King’s enemies don’t all know that they are being harnessed into such purpose. The earth is filled with followers, and leaders are spread among the followers. When a few leaders become followers of some higher leader, they can increase the following of the higher ups. Many people are at work creating traps and drugs and diseases that the King’s […]
I have not found the phrase “go to heaven” in the Bible. In almost every popular hymn written in the last century and a half, the phrase is there, though. Most believers seem to be focused on getting off work and hitting the couch in spiritual terms. The King of Heaven seems to be focused on having His people draw […]
Many times in Acts, Luke recorded people calling the movement of followers of Jesus “The Way.” Saul was searching for followers of The Way when he went to Damascus and met The Way Himself. This is advice he wrote to the congregations in Colossae about how to walk in The Way: Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on […]
If I told you that I had a prophetic dream that you were to go down to the nearest fast-flowing, deep river, and walk across it, even though it is 22 feet deep at the middle, and Yahweh would answer 4 of your hardest prayed prayers, how would you decide what to do? What would you be willing to do […]
Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—that we may bear fruit for God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us […]
The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed […]
The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed […]