Ever notice how a lot of Bible verses about the return of Jesus and end-time events are shrouded in mystery?
In order to cut through the fog of confusion, here are four controversial ideas about the return of Jesus:
1. There are no Christians waiting around for Jesus when he returns.
2. We...
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son." John 3:17-18
"Whoever...
“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children...
The giant percher told Hillariah, "This may be the same kind you have known elsewhere. There are others of another kind some among us know of, that are also predatory, far off to the other side of the great forest beyond us, but this kind I told you of is the only kind that are, besides some...
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that...
To Endure
Patient endurance is what you need now,
so that you will continue to do God’s will.
Then you will receive all that he
has promised. – Hebrews 10:36
Life can become very difficult. There are some ways to deal with difficult times. One way is to escape it or try to. That seldom...
Romans 1:16
[16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Why are people ashamed of the Gospel?
How does what Christians teach play into it?
“Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“’My son, do not...
CONCLUSION
Jesus met the great enemy of truth in the wilderness when His physical energies were at their lowest ebb, and showed that the spiritual weapon of the Word of God was far superior to the infernal powers of evil.
Then throughout His ministry He overcame the world order, the...
“In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once.
“When the disciples saw it, they...
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone...
The Believer`s Armour in Christ.
`take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the...
“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian...
The Believer`s Weapons in Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Mighty Conqueror. He has overcome sin, death, hell, the devil, and the world system. Now as Head of the Body, He leads us in triumph as He enables us to overcome also.
`Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in...
Colossians 1:25-27
[25] I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— [26] the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. [27] To them God has chosen to make known among...
Christ Rose from the Dead and Ascended to the Highest.
Under every possible cruelty Christ changed a dishonoured death into a dignified diadem of higher life, and by the steps of a painful crucifixion at the rough hands of haughty men, He ascended to a preeminent coronation at the right hand...
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we...
“In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
‘Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
they have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?’...
Christ Suffered and Died
Overcoming Satan and the World System were only trials along the way, for it was death that Christ needed to defeat, for man to be set free.
`Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death...
This giant percher that came and spoke with her said, "These few bigwalkers that have been seen come out from the great forest and remaining near the edge of it are seen to gather berries and then sit near there eating them, and gathering more to do the same, and they eventually go back into the...