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5 Great Things: (#4) The Great Name
“So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, Endurance, Holy Spirit, Miracles, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 John 2:23, 1 Peter 2:19-20, 1 Peter 2:19-21, 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Peter 2:23, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:17-18, 1 Peter 4, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 Peter 4:12-16, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 4:14-16, 1 Peter 4:15, 1 Peter 4:16, 1 Peter 4:19, 1 Peter 4:4, 1630, 1776, 1944, 2 Corithians 4:16-18, 2 John 9, 2 Timothy 1:12, 2 Timothy 2:11-12, 2 Timothy 3:12, 5 great things, Acts 14:22, Acts 1:8, Acts 5, Acts 5:41-42, americanyawp, arbella, blasphemy, blessed, book God's prophetic spirit, Christ suffered, Christ suffering, christian, christian living, commendable, commit soul to a faithful creator, courage, d-day, do not think it strange, dreams of a city on a hill, dwight d eisenhower, esv, exceeding joy, eyesoftexas.uttexas.edu, fiery trials, founder.archives.gov, Galatians 6:9, george washington, glad, glorify Christ, glorify God, glory awaits, he is able to keep what i have committed, Hebrews 12:1-2, Hebrews 4:13, Holy Spirit, i know who I have believed, if anyone suffers as a Christian, insult, Isaiah 59:21, Isaiah 61:1, Job 34:21, John 13:20, John 15:23, John 5:234, john winthrop, jonathan jenkins, joy, let none suffer as a murderer thief evildoer or busybody, Luke 1:35, Luke 2:25, Luke 4:18, Mark 9:37, Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 5:14-16, miracles, nasb, not ashamed, ourdocuments.gov, paul, persecution, peter and john, Philippians 1:20-21, Philippians 2:9-11, Proverbs 15:2, reproach, reproached for name of Christ, responsibility, revile, robert e lee, Romans 8:18, speaking against Christ is speaking against God, Spirit of glory and God, Spirit upon you, strange, suffer for following Christ, suffer for wrong doings, the eyes of God, the eyes of texas are upon you, the eyes of the south are upon you, the eyes of the world are upon you, the great name, university of texas, ut, washington college, william prather, xenos
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5 Great Things: (#3) The Great Responsibility
Johnny Ramsey was one of the instructors when I attended Brown Trail School of Preaching. One of his classes was General Epistles (James – Jude). He taught us to remember each chapter by one key point. He provided the following … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, be ready, Christian Influence, Faith, fear, Hope, preparation, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 1:14-15, 1 Peter 2:11-12, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:13-17, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 2:18-25, 1 Peter 3, 1 Peter 3 :13-17, 1 Peter 3:1-2, 1 Peter 3:1-7, 1 Peter 3:13-17, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 3:16, 1 Peter 3:8-12, 1 Peter 4:15-16, 2 Timothy 3:12, 2 Timothy 4:16, 5 great things, Acts 14:21-22, Acts 25:13-16, always be ready to give answer, always be ready to give defense, apologia, behavior in civic affairs, behavior in work place, behavior when dealing with opponents odf christianity, behavior with brothers and sisters in churst, behavior with family, behavior with gentiles, better felt than told, brown trail school of preaching, Christian conduct, Colossians 4:6, Daniel 6:5, daniel's character, do not be afraid of syria and ephraim, do not fear evil men, do not follow multitude to do evil, Ephesians 4:15, ephraim, esv, esv study bible, faith, fear of God, general epistles, Guy N. Woods, hetoimos, hope, Isaiah *:11-13, Isaiah 7, Isaiah 8:12-13, Jehovah Witnesses, johnny ramsey, key point per chapter, Luke 12:4-5, Luke 14:16-17, Luke 6:26, Mark 14:15, Matthew 10:16-39, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 22:4, Matthew 5:10-12, meekness and fear, meekness before God, nasb, new world translation, niv, niv study bible, no permanent harm, nwt, personal conduct in 1 Peter, perspective, Philippians 1:17, preparation made in advance, proverbial statement, representatives of Christianity, Revelation 2:10, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:31-39, sanctification, sanctify Christ as Lord, sanctify God in heart, suffering, suffering for righteousness sake, syria, textual varient, the great responsibility, Titus 2:7-8, trust and fear the Lord, vine's, who will harm you
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The Truly Wise
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13). The truly wise demonstrate their wisdom in two ways. (1) They demonstrate it by good … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Christian Influence, Preachers, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adam clarke, asv, bitter envy, christian living, demonic, diakritos, earthly wisdom, education, eirenike, eleous, envy, epieikes, epistemon, eritheian, esv, eupeithes, foy valentine, full of good fruit, full of mercy, gentle, good conduct, good fruit, good works, Guy N. Woods, hagne, how to show wisdom, hupokritos, IQ, James 1:22, James 3:1, James 3:13-18, jealousy, jj turner, Matthew 7:24, meekness, mercy, nasb, peaceable, poor teacher, pure, r.l. whiteside, rubel shelly, self seeking, sensual, sophos, teacher, thayer, unwavering, varience, vines, willing to yield, Wisdom, wisdom from above, wise teacher, without hypocrisy, without partiality, zelon
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Better Than Levitical/Aaronic Priesthood (Part 4)
Jesus’ priesthood is more comparable to that of Melchizedek’s than it is to the priesthood of the Levites. This point is developed in three chapters (Hebrews 5:5-6, 10-11; 6:19-20; 7:1-28). In this writing, we will continue to consider Hebrews chapter … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrews, Jesus, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged aaron, aaronic priesthood, age lasting, akakos, another priest, better, better hope, better promises, change in law implied, character, daily sacrifices, devin dean, different, ecclesiastes 2:18-19, eleazar, esv, forever, harmless, he offered up himself, Hebrews 7, Hebrews 7:15, Hebrews 7:23-25, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 7:27, heteros, high priests replaced, higher than the heavens, holy, how many high priests, how many kings, innocent, intercession, j.e. wright, kings replaced, levitical priesthood, lives to make intercession, melchizedek, melchizedek priesthood, nasb, once for all sacrifice, perfect high priest, perfection, phinehas, physical weakness, power of endless life, power of new priesthood, priest by oath, priest forever, Psalm 146:3-4, Psalms 110:4, robert milligan, save to the uttermost, seperate from sinners, spiritual weakness, surety of better covenant, the gospel journal, tom wacaster, unchangeable priesthood, undefiled, weakness
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Only Begotten
“And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). “No one has seen God at any time. The only … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Phrase Study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 4:9, 1 Timothy 3:16, agapetos, asv, beloved or only begotten, christians are begotton by God but they are not only begotten, christians are the sons of God but not the only begotten, esv, five occurrances of only begotten, genos or gennaoo, Hebrews 11:17, hugo mccord's translation, isaac was abraham's only begotten, Jesus is God's only begotten, John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16, John 3:18, john's writtings, kjv, Luke 7:12, Luke 8:41-42, Luke 9:38, mono, monogeneses, murdock, nasb, nine occurrences of original term, niv, nkjv, nrsv, only begotten son, only son, only son or only begotten, peshitta syriac translation, robert taylor jr., rsv, studies in book of John, the book of John, tranlations, unique son, unique son or only begotten, versions of the Bible, virgin birth, what about ishmael
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Prophecy: Virgin Birth – A Study of Isaiah 7:1-16 (Part 2)
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Curds and honey he shall eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and choose … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Prophecy, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Kings 13:1-3, 1992, 2 Kings 16, 2 Kings 23:15, ahaz, Alan Highers, allen macrae, almah, asv, bethulah, book handbook of bible translations, damsel, dual fulfillment, edward j. young, esv, g. t. wenhem, gary workman, Genesis 24:16, Isaiah 7, Isaiah 8:1-4, ISBE, j. a. douglas, Joel 1:8, Judges 21:12, kjv, lxx, mais, mary, nasb, neb, new bible dictionary, niv, nkjv, nlt, nrsv, parthenos, prophecy, r. laird harris, robert gromacki, rsv, shenandoah, sign, the restorer, virgin, virgin birth, virgin or young woman
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Jesus: A Created Being?
The Wisdom Argument A common argument by the so-called “Jehovah Witnesses” is that Jesus is the “wisdom” mentioned in Proverbs the 8th chapter. Thus, Jesus is a created being (Proverbs 8:22). If one lets them define the terms, such seems … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Creation, Jesus, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Samuel 16:10-ff, adam clarke, all authority, arche, asv, bdgb, Beginning of creation, book how to answer a jehovah witness, Coffman, Collossians 1:18, Colossian 1:16, Colossians 1:15, david firstborn, Deuteronomy 21:16-17, ephraim firstborn, esv, Exodus 4:22, first in rank, Firstborn, firstborn argument, Genesis 48:18-19, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 2:10, Jeremiah 31:9, Jesus, Jesus firstborn, Jesus role in creation, John 1:3, John 5:22-23, kittles, kjv, Matthew 28:18, Micah 5:2, nasb, net, niv, nkjv, nrsv, nwt, plummer, priority, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 17:16, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 19:8, Proverbs 1:20-23, Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 23:23, Proverbs 2:1-11, Proverbs 2:1-7, Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 8, Proverbs 8:1-3, Proverbs 8:22, Psalm 89:27, qanah, reeminence, Revelation 3:14, robert morey, rsv, strong's, thayer, the beginning of creation argument, vine's, wayne jackson, Wisdom, wisdom argument, wisdom in Proverbs
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Bryan Hodge 
Better Than Moses
The book of Hebrews is designed to exalt Christ. The book may be outlined as follows: I. Christ is a better messenger than previous messengers of God (1:1 – 4:13). II. Christ is a better priest than the Levitical priests … Continue reading →