Simple Answers From Biblical Truths
This week I had the opportunity to sit with some friends outside on the patio of a little local pub. One of my friends, a retired gentleman who has become a very dear friend of mine over the last three years, has literally traveled the world and really enjoys captivating everyone’s attention with all kinds …
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Acts 5:3-4 (CSB) — 3 “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land? 4 Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this …
Scripture attributes to God certain divine attributes which are not attributes to any created beings, such as omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and eternality. We then see these divine attributes attributed to the Holy Spirit himself in such a manner that identifies the Holy Spirit with the divine being of Yahweh. OMNISCIENCE Isaiah 40:13 (CSB) — 13 …
INTRODUCTION I know the Trinity isn’t the most common Christmas theme for preachers to speak on, but, perhaps it should be. Afterall, Christmas is our celebration of the birth of Christ – God incarnate – and the miracle by which God came and lived among us. There are a couple points that we want to …
1 Timothy 1:1 (NASB95) — 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope, 1 Timothy 1:1 (ESV) — 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 1 Timothy 1:1 …
Verse 24: What You’ve Heard From the Beginning As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. Twenty-four times John uses the verb to “let it remain” in this letter as he exhorts his beloved …
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Verse 23: Whoever Has the Son Has the Father No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Foreseeing the confusion and deceptions that his disciples would face, John speaks plainly to ensure that we understand that whoever denies the Son of God also denies the Father. …
Verse 22b: Who Denies the Christ? Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. “Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ”: this pronouncement reveals those in whom the spirit of the antichrist operates, specifically, in those who refuse the …
Verse 20c: You Know the Truth But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. The object of the anointing that we have received from the Holy One is our “knowledge of the truth”; the Spirit of Truth enlightens every believer’s understanding to the truth that has already …
The Implications of Yahweh’s Incarnation If Yahweh – our Creator – came to us in the flesh, then there are profound implications that impact the whole of humanity: Matthew 1:22-23 (CSB) Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 See, the virgin will become pregnant and …
