Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4 The call to overcome the world, to refuse to bend to its demands, to not believe its lies, to fail to fall to its temptations, is a call for the perseverance of the …
Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Mt. 6:32 The believer is cared for by a loving Father, who is the Sovereign of the universe. He is the one “whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: and all the inhabitants of …
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 How do we stand with Timothy as inheritors of the …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 How do we stand with Timothy in faithfully transmitting …
Able also to admonish one another - Romans. 15:14 When we look at the Greek word behind “admonish,” we see that it is one of those rich words that carries more meaning for a single English word to do it justice. The ESV translates it “instruct.” That’s also a good translation. But it can also …
Filled with all knowledge - Romans 15:14 Brothers and sisters, we want to be people who are filled with all knowledge. But the “all knowledge” here doesn’t just mean any knowledge. It means Biblical knowledge; it means knowledge about the God who has revealed himself and his ways in the pages of …
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Rev. 5:4 At this point, I want you to put yourself in John’s shoes. What would be your response to this? You see, the scroll is not just about the future in the sense of a better tomorrow. …
Full of goodness. Rom. 15:14 A person who claims to be a Christian and yet who is without goodness is like the person described in Jude 12-13: “These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; …
I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:5 We cannot hide our sins from God. For he is the one whose eyes are in every place, beholding the evil and the good …