Matthew 26:51 "And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear."
In Romans chapter one, Paul calls himself a servant of Jesus Christ. Out of the six Greek words for "servant" used in the New Testament, Paul...
DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES? THE DICTIONARY SAYS THAT A PROMISE IS "A declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; a vow." I ALSO LOOKED UP THE WORD VOW AND IT SAID "An earnest promise to perform a specified act." 2ND CORINTHIANS 1:20 SAYS "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the...
Luke 22:43 "And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him."
We have angels assigned to us. Hebrews 1:14 further reveals that their purpose is to minister to us, on our behalf. In the Old Testament, Psalm 91 teaches on the ministry of angels to God's people.
WE ALWAYS HEAR AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME THAT JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON AND HE IS. HOWEVER, HE IS THE REASON FOR EVERY SEASON. I NEVER GET TIRED OF READING ABOUT MARY AND JOSEPH, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SO I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE MY MESSAGE ABOUT THEM THIS MORNING. I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE EARLY BUT PLEASE INDULGE AND OLD MAN.
Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
The Bible presents salvation as a life transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a true believer. Yet, failure to understand that this change takes place in the...
DO YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT CHANGEABLE? I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. JESUS CAN DO ANYTHING. LOOK HOW HE CHANGED PAUL. PAUL WAS A JEW AND A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN AND HAD PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND PUT ALL THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS IN...
Mark 14:38 "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak."
Temptation is linked directly to what we think upon (Heb. 11:15). Temptation has to be entered into. We can avoid temptation by avoiding thoughts that generate temptation (Prov. 23:7). Since it is impossible to...
DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE CIRCUMCISED IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE JEWS AND WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE UNCIRCUMCISED IT IS TALKING ABOUT US. THIS BRINGS ME TO COLOSSIANS 2:11-12 WHERE IT SAYS "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Luke 22:44 "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
It is interesting that Luke is the only one of the gospel writers to mention that Jesus' sweat was as great drops of blood. This is probably because Luke was a physician (Col. 4:14),...
