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Often missed: 5:1–11 forms a complete discourse unit 5:12–21 is a single chiastic comparison 7:1–6 forms a self-contained analogy → application → explanation 8:1–4 is a …

Sanctification is the process of being set apart for God’s purpose and becoming more like Christ. It is a fundamental aspect of the Christian life, and it is empowered by …

1 Peter 4:1-6

1Pe 4:1 Therefore, Christ having suffered for us in the flesh, also you arm yourselves with the same thought, because he having suffered in the flesh has been made to …

Angels

Angels When were angels created? For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or …

Armageddon

My notes on Armageddon Where does Armageddon come from? It is a Greek translation of har-megiddo Har means hill or mountain. the the Valley of Jezreel is what lies near …

Biblical Covenants

Biblical Convenants Establishing a preliminary understanding In order to arrive at a proper understanding of the biblical covenants, we will take a step back and see the …

biblical fellowship

Paul on fellowship: First clarification: does Paul connect “walking by the Spirit” to fellowship? Key factual observation Paul almost never uses κοινωνία to describe the …

Christmas is King

Origin of Christmas

Confession of Sins

Confession of Sins What the Scripture teaches Spiritual Separation Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 …

damnable heresies

Gotquestions.com says this: >Is it possible to be a Christian and live in lifelong carnality, enjoying the pleasures of sin, and never seeking to glorify the Lord who …

Dealing with Pain

Learning from Grief It’s easy to doubt God when things don’t go well (Psalm 77:1-9) Knowing God’s true self provides a framework around our chaos (Psalm …

Deconstruction for recostruction

Discipleship -> importance

Discipleship The Importance Have you ever wondering why the apostle Paul writes an explanation of the Gospel to believers in Rome? Why does Paul clarify the Gospel to the …

Ekklesia in the Bible

EKKLESIA = called out, called Two other words in the ekklesia family are found in the Septuagint that are not in the New Testament: ekklesiazo the verb form “to call an …

Fellowship

KOINONIA G2842 Among Believers Act 2:42 They were R1 continually G4342 devoting G4342 themselves G4342 to the apostles’ G652 teaching G1322 and to fellowship G2842 …

Globalism and Theology

Globalism and Theology >Theological Elements in Globalism >Foundational Questions: Globalism’s underlying vision is rooted in foundational questions about God’s …

Homiletics

I. Content - Providing clarity on the purpose of the passage - Analyzing the passage in context - Utilizing Bible references and supporting passages - Drives listeners …

Hyper Grace, an article by Dave Miller

Hyper-Grace: the REAL Hyper-Danger July 3, 2013 by Dave Miller Heresy is truth taken to its extreme. I don’t know who coined that term, but it is accurate. Truth existed …

Hyper Grace...The latest fad in conversative theology

Stegall’s “disagreement” points with hyper-grace (1 → 10, in his order) Below is the numbered sequence he uses (“Here’s a ___ area of disagreement…”), summarized tightly …

Imperative verbs in Romans

Romans 1-8 Rom 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “That You may be justified in Your words, And …

install Jekyll on MacOS Big Sur

Don’t use the THIS for ruby. Go to step 2 first! The instructions provided at the jekyll site did not work for me on MacOS (and many others do not recommend it). It …

Islam

Islam Muhamed myth Existence Prophecies - Muhamed’s false prophecies Mecca lie

Israel in Egypt

How long was Israel in Slavery? The Israelites were actually only in Egypt for 215 years. Joseph and his family moved to Egypt 215 years after the promise is given to …

Jesus mismo-nuestra propiciación

Dios exigió la expiación y la proveyó”. Fue “por la gracia de Dios, Él pudo gustar la muerte por todos” (Heb. 2:9). 1Jn 2:2 Él mismo es la propiciación por nuestros …

Marriage

“BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH” Here we also see a major purpose of marriage: bearing children. This means that sexual intercourse is God’s invention, and …

Mothers of King of Judah

Kings of Juda and their mothers 1 Kings 14:16- Micah 1:13 It is very interesting to note that the author of kings makes a point to mention every single Juda king’s …

Obedience of faith

Romans 16:26 - Obedience of Faith I would like to take a moment to look at the phrase obedience of faith. Before we look at what it means, and since Paul mentions this …

OT Books

OT Books Genesis/Beginnings, Job/undeserved suffering, Exodus/Redemption, Leviticus/holiness, Numbers/wandering, Deuteronomy/repletion, Joshua/conquest, Judges/failure, …

quotes

“Perhaps I may make myself more clear if I go back a little. Well, dear, my mind has been greatly exercised for six or eight months past, feeling the need …

Repentance According to the Bible

The term repentance comes with all sorts of different ideas. By doing a simple search on the internet we find it summed up in words like “remorse, contrition, …

return to God

1 Kings 8:25-53 - Solomon’s prayer as he refers on the temple. Phrases to note: hear from Heaven,.

The blood of Jesus

The blood of Jesus Brought Freedom Zec 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout *in triumph,*O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just …

The Church

https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/what-is-the-church-according-to-the-bible.html What Is the Church? It’s Role and Purpose According to …

The Day of the Lord

The Day of the Lord Order of events Jesus descends on mount olives the mountains flattened Jerusalem rebuilt scroll whiteboard toggle/on bold notes enlarge notes add …

The Gospel to the Believer

The Gospel to the Believer Ephesians 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, …

The Unmeritedness of Grace

- grace by definition is unmerited

The Warning to Timothy of False Teachers

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the …

Theonomy

Theonomy What is theonomy? theonomy -mē\ noun [German Theonomie, from theo- the- (from Latin) + -nomie -nomy] 1890:the state of being theonomous: government by God 1 …

Two Instructors

Two Instructors -by John Wry The New Testament mentions two instructors, two trainers. One is referred to as instructor law and the other is referred to as instructor …

You are Teaching 'Easy Believism'

You are Teaching ‘Easy Believism’ Just recently, I received a kind accusation of teaching ’easy believism’. I was asked three questions. Are …