His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power. 1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his … [Read more…]
In the three years of His public ministry, Messiah Jesus exemplified faith in action. Messiah Jesus summed up what that meant in His answer to the question John the Baptist asked. “John was languishing in prison awaiting his death by beheading at the order of King Herod. (Mt 4:1–12;Mk 6:24-29; Lk 9:7–9) “‘John’s disciples told him about … [Read more…]
Being spiritually useful and productive glorifies the name of our Lord Jesus in us. Not only that, we are glorified in him. Paul actually prayed that for the Thessalonians and us. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill … [Read more…]
The the most important way we proclaim the gospel of the kingdom is to live a noble life. At the beginning of his inspired word, Peter exhorts his readers, including us, to live a noble life. Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be … [Read more…]
God connects us with Himself and one another through our body, soul and spirit in those spiritual connections. Family connections through our body are both natural and spiritual connections. God has regenerated the natural body of all who believe in Messiah Jesus and been born again and we walk in newness of life. But when … [Read more…]
The power of God’s grace is revealed in Zechariah 4:7, during the building of the Second Temple. “Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.” Back in 1834 Albert Barnes provided the most profound insight … [Read more…]
We naturally do the work of service with our own families, but through our giving to our church, to charitable organizations and our paying to the heathens running our country, we tend to delegate it to others. It is high time for us to do what God created us to do. God created us to … [Read more…]
One another ministry works by the Spirit, Messiah in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27) Paul reveals: the Spirit of Messiah is in you. Messiah is in each one of us because we have believed, repented, been baptized, been born again by the Spirit (Jn 3:1-8) and we follow Messiah Jesus in one another … [Read more…]
Lukewarm Christians are in trouble with Messiah Jesus. Paul warned they would abound in the last days. 1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of … [Read more…]
Good Works God prepared beforehand come supernaturally natural to God’s saints. Ephesians 1:1 Anytime we do anything motivated by God’s love, we are doing a good work. The good works in which God planned for us to live are prompted by the Holy Spirit and motivated by love. We feel the tug of divine love … [Read more…]