“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.” John 14:6-7 Jesus spoke those words on the night he was crucified, dead and buried. … [Read more…]
Jesus Spoke Words of Spirit and Life—It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life. John 6:63 WNT Jesus spoke those words toward the beginning of his ministry. He had worked many miraculous signs and wonders. So, a great multitude … [Read more…]
Christ reigns as head of his body by helping us grow up into him. This growth process begins with God’s blessings. God blessed all saints with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ (Eph 1:1-3). God exerted His power, which He wrought in Christ in our behalf and gave Him to be head over … [Read more…]
Kingdom of God—love comes from God our Father’s love and Christ Jesus’ love in the Spirit. In that, we walk worthy of the Lord in our one another relationships. Our Father in heaven has poured His love into our hearts by the Spirit. 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our … [Read more…]
We know our Father in heaven has given us the Holy Spirit because we believe in Jesus our Messiah, Savior and King. (John 3:1-21) There, Jesus told us since we been born of water and the Spirit, we can see the kingdom of God, for we entered the kingdom of God for we have been … [Read more…]
The glory and worship John reveals in the Book of Revelation shows us many ways of giving glory to God. Reading, pondering and saying them glorifies God and builds us up in our spirit and gives spiritual fervency to our worship. Revelation 1:4 Yochanan (John), to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you … [Read more…]
Giving first hand to brothers and sisters of Jesus is far better than delegating such giving. Jesus makes this quite clear. Well placed giving 31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 Before him … [Read more…]
In order to understand “eat the Lord’s Supper” we must first understand what Jesus meant when he told his disciples he desired to “eat this Passover.” “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it … [Read more…]
Gospel of the Kingdom—Part 2 takes from Matthew 10 giving us the commissioning words Jesus spoke to His Twelve disciples when He sent out the 12 apostles. When Jesus sent them out, He gave them authority “over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness” (Mt 10:1). With that, … [Read more…]
Christ in you, the hope of glory ”God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). Paul made that mystery known to the saints in Colossae, and to us. He revealed the mystery so we can understand it. Here, … [Read more…]