Affirming the ways God has blessed us in Messiah builds us up in our faith. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we … [Read more…]
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I … [Read more…]
Messiah Jesus will give you rest. “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble … [Read more…]
Stand against the Left’s worldview through you faith in Messiah Jesus. The Lefts worldview is big enough to accommodate all works of the flesh (Gal 5:19-21), declare them right according to their worldview and demand the right to practice them with impunity. The Left obviously considers the works of the flesh to be politically correct … [Read more…]
Faith to stand up to persecution is a gift from God. “1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children … [Read more…]
When God visits people of the world He calls them out of darkness into His marvelous light. When we lead a noble life among the people of the world, seeing the good we do helps bring them to glorify God when He visits them. Peter puts when God visits people of the world in context … [Read more…]
Patient endurance comes from our faith in Christ. What we endure on this earth is short term in comparison to eternal life in the Father’s Kingdom—the New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21-22). “14 For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. 15 Through him (Jesus), then, let’s offer … [Read more…]
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah; Romans 5:1 The Context of Romans 5:1 Romans 4:16-25 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that … [Read more…]
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. … [Read more…]
Jesus was and is full of grace and truth. Out of His fullness, we received grace in place of grace already given. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. … [Read more…]