And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2, KJV) When I was a kid in Sunday School, like many of us, I was taught that when Jesus comes, He will take us from the earth into heaven and Read More
Salvation
Do You Want to Cause Heaven to Rejoice?
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance (Luke 15:7, KJV) There is something you can do that will cause instant jubilation in heaven. One of such things is shown in the verse above. When Read More
The Egyptians Kept Israel in Bondage
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant (Exodus 6:5, KJV) Pharaoh kept Isreal in bondage as slaves. He ensured they were under hard labor with taskmasters to enforce their suffering, pain, and grief. Pharoah’s strategy was obvious: suffering Read More
As the Days of Noah Were
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be (Matthew 24:37, KJV) Jesus says His second coming back to the earth will be as the days of Noah. Well, the next verse tells us what precisely the Master was thinking about when He made this comparison: Read More
I am not Ashamed of the Gospel
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16, ESV) The great Apostle Paul declared to the Romans that he was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. He was hoping to Read More
The Reality of the New Creation
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV) The believer in Christ is a new creature. Paul speaks emphatically in the verse above and says if any person receives Christ, he or she is becomes a Read More
Freedom from Bondage
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved (2 Peter 2:19, ESV) There is one thing that could be worse that bondage: it is a failure to recognize the bondage! It is a sad reality that someone can be in bondage or Read More
He Himself Bore Our Sins in His Body
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed (1 Peter 2:24 ESV) Our Lord Jesus bore our sins in His own body on the cross. He bore our sins Himself. The personal pronoun “Himself” in Read More