Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country (John 4:43–44 KJV) Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the province of Galilee. The Nazarenes knew Him as any other young Jewish boy growing up, except that He appeared to Read More
Believing
Two things that stand between us and the riches of grace
Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? (Isaiah 53:1 KJV) Grace has furnished a table for us with all the delicacies of heaven on it. God has lavished goodness upon us in giving us what we do not deserve and what we could not achieve by our Read More
Calling upon the Lord in trouble shakes the heaven and the earth
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies (2 Samuel 22:4 KJV) David expresses a profoundly important truth for the saints that is fully applicable to us in the New Testament. The Old Testament saints knew the power of calling on the Lord Read More
Believing and faith : what is the difference?
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV) Believing, as we have discussed extensively, is a human capacity to accept information as true and rely on it. This human capacity is common to all human beings, whether born again or not, just like Read More
Man believes with the heart
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10 KJV) We believe with our hearts. The heart in this verse refers to our inner life, and that inner life generally is made up of the spirit and the soul. To maintain brevity, the heart here Read More
Getting specific with our believing
“…And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world” (John 11:26–27 ESV) When Jesus came to Lazarus’ funeral, Martha’s brother, who had been dead for 4 Read More
What does it mean to believe?
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come (Matthew 11:13–14 ESV) I have maintained our focus on believing from our last Glory & Grace Live Bible study last Thursday. Let me discuss the meaning of believing in today’s Read More
He had faith to be healed
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed Acts 14:9 KJV Let me continue in this miniseries on faith and share with you a critical truth about faith. Paul was preaching one day and noticed a disabled man listening to him very intently. The scripture Read More