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Peace
The wording “grace, mercy, and peace from God…” appears several times in the Bible (1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; 2 John 3). It has been said of God’s grace, mercy, and peace – “Grace is when God … Continue reading
Mercy
Last time we looked at the word “grace.” Now we will look at the word “mercy.” What is the difference? It has been said that grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve (God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense – … Continue reading
Posted in Mercy, Word Study
Tagged eleos, God's riches at Christ's expense, grace v. mercy, hilaskomai, mercy, oiktrimos, splanchnon
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Grace
The term “grace” is often used by church going people; but what does it mean? What is the meaning of the word? In every day speech, we today use the word in a variety of ways: (1) we may speak … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 5:12, charis, Grace, kittle, kjv, perschbacher, plato, thayer, true grace, useage of term
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Watching For The Lord
Several times in the New Testament, we are instructed to “watch for the Lord’s coming” or something to that effect. My question is just what does that mean? Does it mean that we should all go around gazing up into … Continue reading
Soul Mates
You’ve heard the term “soul mates.” What is the meaning of this term? Many people use this term to refer to a couple intended by God to be together, created one for another. The idea is that there is only … Continue reading
Jesus: Divine Language
One strong evidence to the Deity of Christ is the language used in connection with Him. I would suggest to you that no other man was so spoken of as Jesus. First, consider Matthew 28:18-20. Matthew 28:19 reads, “Go ye … Continue reading
Jesus: His Humanity
Some people have a difficult time relating to Jesus, because somewhere they have gotten the idea that He was specially protected, and shielded from the difficulties of life as we experience it. Nothing could be further from the truth of … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Miracles, Suffering, Temptation
Tagged born of woman, carpenter, church at Corinth, churches of galatia, David, dont feel sorrow for self, excruciating, homer hailey, hunger and thirst, hungry, increased in wisdom stature favor, Jesus emptied self, Jesus series, Jesus' humanity, jonah, josephus, judas, manger, miraclulous abilities and sin, miricles by holy spirit, moses, nazareth, no form of comliness, no halo, no special beauty, pain, peter, physical limitations, prophet of 1 Kings 13, samson, sleep, Solomon, sorrow and grief, talmud, tasted death, tempted, thirsty, tired, weary
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Synecdoche
The title above refers to a figure of speech that is extremely common in the New Testament. It is a figure of speech in which a part is put for the whole or the whole for the part. It is … Continue reading
Posted in baptism, Cofession, Faith, Plan of salvation, Repentance
Tagged baptism, believe, confess, figure of speech, hear, hermeneutics, repent
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“God Hath Spoken by His Son!”
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom … Continue reading
Posted in God`s word, Hebrews, Jesus, Textual study
Tagged book death and afterlife, divers manners, God has spoken through his son, God spoke, God's word, Hebrews 1, Hebrews 1:1-3, in many parts, in many ways, inspiration, last pieces in puzzle, nasb, old testament/new testament, paraphrase, prophets, robert morey, spoke in time past to fathers by prophets, sundry times
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The Gospel
Our English term “gospel” comes from the Anglo-Saxon term “godspell” which originally meant “good spell, good story,” or “good news.” It was used to translate the Greek word “euangelion” which meant “good news” or “good tidings.” (See Webster’s Unabridged). Outside … Continue reading
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