“No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.” John 3:13 NASB No one – Apparently Yeshua was mistaken. Everyone knows that good people go to heaven when they die. Everyone knows that Moses and David and Peter and all the saints of the Church are in heaven…
but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 1 Timothy 3:15 NASB Household of God – How are you supposed to behave in the…
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NASB Eternal life – When do you have eternal life? You’ve made a confession of faith. You believe. So when do you get it? Now? Later? After you…
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. John 1:18 NASB Begotten God – Read it slowly. John says that no man has ever seen God. We take that for granted. No man, not one single person in human…
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue after righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Faith – Do you have faith? It’s a fair question—if you are thinking like a Greek. You see, in Greek thought it is possible to possess something, to…
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue after righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Righteousness – How can you pursue something if you don’t know where it is? That’s pretty much the situation in spiritual discipline today. We want to follow Paul’s…
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue after righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Pursue after – Something makes you do it. You don’t want to, but at the moment when you should say, “No,” something just overtakes you and you end…
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Youthful lusts – Movies of passion, speed and (most of the time) illegal behavior. Perhaps that’s why the Vin Diesel classics appeal. We would all like to think that…
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 NASB Exodus in Revelation – paqad, the Hebrew word for “visiting,” has always given…
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Psalm 139:7 NASB Where – “Where are you?” Remember that question. Some manifestation of God walks in the Garden. Adam is hiding. Do you suppose God does not know where Adam is when He asks, “Where are you?” Of course not!…
