The Measuring Stick

I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perserverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.  Revelation 2:19  NASB Deeds – Yeshua has eyes of fire.  He sees right through us.  What does He look for?  “I know your deeds,” says the visionary Christ.  If you read…

Spiritually Modified Food

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality.  Revelation 2:14  NASB To eat things – Have you considered…

What You Own

But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?  I John 3:17  NASB Goods – How do you measure your success?  Most of us will say that we think of success in terms of relationships, community and…

Redefining the Word

Every one who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.  1 John 3:4  NASB Lawlessness – The Greek word for “lawlessness” is anomos.  We have English derivatives from this Greek word like antinomian.  But it isn’t the Greek background of the word that matters most when we want to understand what John is…

Like Father, Like Son, Like Me

If you know that He is righteous, you know that every one also who practices righteousness is born of Him.  1 John 2:29  NASB Righteous – This is about as close as John comes to describing “born again.”  But John’s focus is not on the experience of forgiveness.  He focuses on the practice of righteousness. …

Commentary on “Born Again”

And the world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.  1 John 2:17  NASB Will – By now we all realize that John did not use the words “born again” in his report of the conversation between Yeshua and Nicodemus (John 3).  He used…

ONE OPENING FOR ISRAEL

On April 27, 2014 a group of readers from all over the world will arrive in Tel Aviv for a 2 week lecture tour of Israel. The initial offer for this tour was sold out in 24 hours. Due to unforeseen circumstances, there is now ONE OPENING FOR A WOMAN.  If you wanted to go…

Cross Word Puzzles Appendix 2

If you bought Cross Word Puzzles, you may be interested in this second Appendix.  It discusses the rest of the texts of the book of Revelation in light of the claim that the atoning sacrifice occurred before the foundation of the world. This is a free download for all who purchased the book. CLICK HERE TO…