I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 NASB Faith – What will the Messiah be looking for when he returns? Faith. But what is faith? Is it having the trusting assurance of salvation? Is…
“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 NASB Saying – The first stage in the collapse of a civilization is the intelligentsia of the culture questioning the values and rituals that established the identity of the civilization. In this stage, the intellectuals of…
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— Hebrews 11:32 ESV What more – Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, oh, and you might as well throw in all the rest mentioned here including the prophets. Yes, don’t forget…
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 NASB Impossible – adynatos is the Greek word translated “impossible.” If you look closely, you will see that it is the negation…
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, Hebrews 12:1 NASB Easily entangles – When I was a child, this verse frightened me….
“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” John 8:24 NASB Believe – John uses the Greek “believe” in one form or another ninety-two times in his gospel. It is never once a noun. Pisteuo is a…
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17 NASB The/man – Now that we’ve taken a longer look at the addition of the definite article, we need to pay attention to the addition of the word…
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…
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. Acts 2:41 NASB Received – It is common to believe that this verse records the first Christian mass conversion, the first example of a Christian evangelical crusade. Taken out of the context of the first…
nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law shall no flesh…
