What does your faith in Jesus reveal about you? Does your faith in Jesus make you ‘feel good’, give you ‘warm fuzzies’ without making you accountable for your beliefs, your actions and your words? People’s perception of Jesus During Jesus’ ministry He asked His disciples a question, “Who do people say that I am?” (See […]
Before Jesus began His ministry, He had been baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, acknowledged by God the Father – then He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted forty days and forty nights. Jesus passed those tests by quoting God’s word, overcoming the devil. Then He made […]
(NIV) Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
The LORD Jesus Christ was, and is, God. Yet, He did not cling to this equality with God as something to grab hold of and clutch to Himself. He emptied Himself by taking the role of a servant with the physical limitations of a man for a period of time. He became fully man, born […]
What is the promise Jesus knew His Father had given before He was conceived in Mary’s womb by the Holy Spirit? What had His Father promised Him before He was on His knees in the Garden of Gethsemane? What promise of His Father did Jesus know before He was nailed to the cross where He […]
How did Jesus justify each person who receives (accepts) Him as their Savior? How does God’s word describe this most important act? (NASB) Isaiah 53:11b “By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.” Jesus bore the ‘iniquities’ of people. Scriptures says so, but what are […]
Long before Jesus Christ was born of a virgin it was foretold that He would have deep anguish of His mind, His emotions and His will. (NASB) Isaiah 53:11a “As a result of the anguish of His soul…” Jesus Christ went to the Garden of Olives on the night when He would be betrayed and […]
Why is Christ Jesus the only source of eternal salvation? Consider what Scripture says…what Isaiah foretold, prophesied: (NASB) Isaiah 53:11a “As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied;” My question, to what does “it” refer? Using the Amplified Bible, the same verse reads: “He shall see [the […]
A charge of ‘guilty’ in a court of law demands a punishment…whether a fine, imprisonment, or even the death penalty. Being ‘guilty’ means there is a penalty to pay. Being declared ‘Guilty!’ before God means that you and I have a penalty to pay. For everyone does sin against the Holy God of the Bible. […]
Prayer of the Week (NIV) Psalm 103:1-5 “PRAISE THE LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits – 3who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with […]