HAVE YOU EVER READ THE 5TH CHAPTER OF MARK? IT IS A VERY INTERESTING CHAPTER AND I REALLY LIKE VERSES 35 AND 36 AND I WILL QUOTE THEM HERE. "While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
Luke 23:18 "And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:"
What happened to Barabbas is a picture of what happens when a person is born again. Barabbas was guilty; Jesus was innocent. Yet Jesus suffered the death that Barabbas should have experienced, and Barabbas went...
BELIEVING IS ONE OF THE MAIN THEMES OF THE BIBLE AND WE MUST BELIEVE TO RECEIVE. IT IS A MYSTERY TO ME WHY SOME BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS DON'T BELIEVE IN ALL OF GOD'S WORD. THEY WANT TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE THINGS THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE JUST...
Matthew 27:24 "When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it."
This washing of the hands was not only a symbolic custom of the day that showed innocence,...
Matthew 27:18 "For he knew that for envy they had delivered him."
Many problems arise from envy. James said, "For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work" (Jas. 3:16). Envy and strife go hand in hand and open the door to the devil to do anything he desires, in our life. Some people would...
BACKSLIDING IS A TERM THAT A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG TIME, IF EVER. BEING RAISED IN A GOOD OLD SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, I HAVE HEARD THE TERM ON MANY OCCASIONS. ALL IT MEANS, IN THE RELIGIOUS SENSE, IS TO RETURN TO SINNING OR DOING WRONG. SOMEONE ASKED ME IF THEY SIN, WOULD THEY GO TO HELL IF THEY DIED BEFORE ASKING FORGIVENESS. I DON'T BELIEVE SINNING IS BACKSLIDING. WE ALL SIN WITHOUT RETURNING TO SIN AND WRONG DOINGS. WE ARE TO ASK FORGIVENESS...
I JUST LOVE PROVERBS AND THERE ARE TWO PASSAGES I WOULD LIKE TO COPY BELOW FOR YOU TO READ AND ENJOY. THERE IS A GREAT MEANING IN EACH ONE OF THESE AND WE SHOULD ALL TRY TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THERE ARE PROMISES WITH EACH ONE OF THEM AND IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO MEMORIZE AND SAY EVERY DAY TO ENCOURAGE OURSELVES..
Mark 15:10 "For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy."
The Jews were God's chosen people and therefore, God's representatives on earth. Yet, they lied and condemned an innocent man to death. Pilate could see that their real motivation for wanting Jesus dead was envy. They were doing all their...
Matthew 27:17 "Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, 'Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ'"?[[[
Although Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent, he looked for some diplomatic way to release Jesus that would not cause him to lose popularity with the...
I LOVE READING JOHN 14:27 BECAUSE JESUS IS NOT ONLY TELLING HIS DISCIPLES THESE THINGS BUT US ALSO. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." I SAY THIS BECAUSE ACTS 10:34 SAYS "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of...
