So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. (Jn. 12:10-11 ESV) Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead through a fantastic display of God’s power and glory. Lazarus had been dead and buried.Jesus was not in Read More
The Grace of God
The dangers of the religious spirit
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him (Matt. 2:2 KJV) When Jesus was born, wise men from the east read the stars and knew that a King had been born in Israel. They traveled miles from Read More
Grace in the book of Ephesians
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Not of works, lest any man should boast (Eph. 2:8-9 KJV) The book of Ephesians gives us a remarkable revelation of the complete message of God’s saving grace. This precious Epistle has six chapters. The first three Read More
Grace and Glory in Prophecy
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly (Ps. 84:11 KJV) The Psalmist give us a prophetic picture of our blessed state in Christ with the words “the LORD will give grace and glory”. He adds Read More
The gift of acceptance
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved (Eph. 1:6 KJV) The Apostle Paul gives us a tremendous insight into the very heart of grace in the scripture above. The Lord has accepted us in the Beloved, who is Christ Jesus. Acceptance is knowing someone’s Read More
Grace be unto you
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:3, KJV) The above statement is a signature of the apostle Paul in most of his epistles. It is a salutation from the apostle to the brethren he is writing to but there are more to those Read More
The Magi from the East
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem (Matt. 2:1 KJV). The Magi were originally an elect class of men amongst the Persians and Medes. These wise men and priests had special knowledge and abilities. In the Read More
What is Grace? The Revelation of Jesus Christ
For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:12 ESV) We know that grace is defined as God’s unmerited favor; however, our understanding of God’s grace needs to be broken down into many, tiny bites, for us to Read More