Jesus taught His disciples and us much regarding children and angels in His answer to His disciples “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus illustrated His answer with a little child and concluded: “See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels … [Read more…]
1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ. YOUNG’S LITERAL TRANSLATION ONLINE “the name of the Lord is often used for all that the name covers;” HEUBNER The name of the Lord Jesus Christ … [Read more…]
1:11 for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work ergon of the faith pisteōs in power dynamei, 1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and … [Read more…]
“To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling klēseōs.” That is the beginning of Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians and us. He writes to this end, referring to what he wrote just prior. So, let us consider the context. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to … [Read more…]
Good works are ministry of the first order. Anytime we do anything motivated by God’s love, we are doing a good work. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2 Messiah Yeshua’s nature and power helps us love and be … [Read more…]
In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul tells us We Have A Building From God. That building is the resurrection body we receive from God at the regeneration. “For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.” … [Read more…]
You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit. Eph 2:22 HCSB Here, let’s soak in more of the Biblical meaning of establish in what God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ has done and is doing for us. So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the … [Read more…]
We find the Biblical meaning of establish in what God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ has done and is doing for us. In the Scripture preceding his blessing found in 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, Paul sums up how we are established. God loved us, chose us for salvation (1 Th 1:4; 2 Th 5:23-24; … [Read more…]
Paul’s prayer and blessing for the Thessalonians and for us shows us the power of grace and the love and eternal comfort and good hope through the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. By the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, God counts you worthy of your calling, … [Read more…]
We will inherit the inheritance reserved in heaven for us. That inheritance is salvation, eternal life, God with us in the new heaven and the new earth in the Kingdom of Messiah and God that is to come at the regeneration (Mt 19:28). 1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first … [Read more…]