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? ! . In English, there are 16 punctuation marks — the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipsis — and they’re not as scary as they sound. . The .…

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

Have you trusted, personally, God’s remedy for your individual sin? are you covered by the righteousness of Christ, your sinless substitute sacrifice?

One of the “Our Daily Bread” had a snippet that read: A man who walked from New York City to San Francisco totally by foot was asked what his biggest hurdle was. He said that the toughest part of the trip wasn’t traversing the steep slopes of the mountains or crossing hot, barren stretches of desert.…

The Scriptures claim that they are inspired by God the Holy Spirit and thus, when approaching the subject of inspiration, one should let the Scriptures speak for itself ( 2 Samuel 23:2 ; Isaiah 59:21 ; Mark 12:36 ; Acts 28:25 ; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 ; Ephesians 3:4-5 ; Hebrews 3:7 ; 1 Peter 1:12 ; Revelation…

Ephesians 2: 8 Each and every one of you as a corporate unit are saved because of grace by means of faith! In other words, this never originated from any one of you as a source. It originated as the gift from God. (Lecturer’s translation) As we noted the first statement in Ephesians 2:8 is then followed…

Intro: Good morning. This morning we want to spend some time in the Old Testament with the first King of Israel, King Saul. Was Saul a good King? What do you think? He wasn’t too bad … at first! But there comes a turning point in Saul’s life in which he makes a very bad decision, and from that point…

IX. ORDINANCES: the Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are (1) baptism of believers by triune immersion ( Matt 28:19 ) and (2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saints' feet ( John 13:1-17 ), the Lord's Supper ( I Cor 11:20 , 33-34…

2 Thessalonians 3:18 May the grace originating from our Lord, namely, Jesus, who is the Christ cause itself to be manifested among each and every one of you. (Lecturer’s translation) 2 Thessalonians 3:18 contains the final benediction of Second Thessalonians and is nearly identical to the one in 1 Thessalonians…

2 Timothy 3:16 Lesson # 3

Although the matter is disputable, it seems likely that Paul here reports the relevant features of the Council that Luke records in Acts 15. Paul uses a variety of ancient literary devices to make his point in this passage (e.g., aposiopesis or ellipsis, antithesis). Given the probable claims of his…

2 Thessalonians 1:11 For which purpose, each one of us make it our habit of always occupying ourselves with praying on behalf of each and every one of you that our God would consider each of you worthy with reference to His effectual call. Specifically, that He would by means of power accomplish this…

The calling of God The patience of God The preparations of God Sinners respecting God Angry Christians The Mercy of God Scarlet Worm

Ephesians 1:3 The God, namely the Father of the Lord ruling over us, who is Jesus Christ, possesses certain inherent attributes which are worthy of praise. Specifically, He is the one who has blessed each and every one of us by means of each and every kind of Spirit appropriated blessing in the heavenlies…

Take the Name Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20:7 What does it mean to “take God’s name” — in vain or not? Interestingly, in the “Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible” the author…

INTRODUCE MYSELF TEXTING IS MY PREFERRED WAY TO COMMUNICATE THE ELLIPSIS is a series of dots that indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. It also can be used to imply a pause. CAN I CALL YOU … HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A GOOD…

We are to be loyal to Him (v. 23) Paul has already explained the deity of Christ. He then jumped dramatically, in one verse, from the heights of heaven to the depths of the grave and explained the death of Christ. He has explained already in detail how that Christ is the Creator of the Universe, the…

2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now, may He Himself, the one and only Lord, who produces a peace, which is divine in quality and character, cause each and every one of you to be given this peace throughout any and every circumstance by any and every means. May the Lord cause Himself to be manifested among each…

The Rapture of the Church: The Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-13

For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. The Amplified Bible. (1987). (1 Sa 16:7). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Ephesians 1:2 May the grace originating from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ resulting in peace cause itself to be manifested for the benefit of each and every one of you. (Lecturer’s translation) While Ephesians 1:1 contains identification of the author and recipients of this epistle, Ephesians…

1 Thessalonians 5:13-The Thessalonians Must Hold in High Regard Their Pastors By Means of God’s Love and Because of Their Work