Sin is a big deal & carries a big MUST BE PAID price.
Rom 6:23 the wage (cost/price) for sin is death.
The 1st animal sacrifice for sin happen in the garden of Eden. Where Adam & Eve CHOOSE to SIN/transgress heavenly law. Their sin/transgression had to be paid for. They're sin was covered with...
Isa 53:5 He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him & by His stripes (wounds) we "are healed"
Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 53 - Amplified Bible
1 Pet 2:24 He...
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
PARSING: Gal 3:19 The law was in effect, (TIME SENSITIVE WORD >>>) ""UNTIL""" the promised seed...
Lust of the Flesh, Lust of the Eye, Pride of Life
Do Not Love the World
1 Jn 2:
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes...
In the Temple standing before the veil was the Golden Altar of Incense. A symbol of the priest's prayer & intercession for the people. It was a special 4 four spice mix. The incense was to burn constantly day & night as a pleasing aroma rising up unto the Lord.
The Golden Altar of Incense is...
Jn 3:16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
(MY NOTE: God sent His Son Jesus the Christ: Believers in Christ death/sin payment & resurrection have < (Present Tense) > everlasting life)
Jn 3:18 He...
1 Cor 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified [that is, he receives the blessings granted] through his [Christian] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be [ceremonially] unclean, but as it is they are holy.
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KJ Dictionary Definition: CHRIST, n. THE ANOINTED; an appellation given to the Savior of the World, and synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah. It was a custom of antiquity to consecrate persons to Priests and Kings into office by anointing them with oil.
Jn 7:
38 He that believeth on me, as the...
1st Pentecost (Mt Sinai) & 1st post resurrection Pentecost (Temple Mt) were a betrothal/marriage contract.
1st Pentecost/Mt Sinai:
Moses gives the Torah/Commandments at Mt Sinai & the Nation of Israel is born (Ex 19:1-22,23)
This covenant between Israel & the Lord was a betrothal & the...
Establishing the LAW of FAITH:
Rom 3:
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
(NOTE: This verse declares the righteousness of Jesus & proclaims Him as the justifier of those who: have FAITH in Him > His sin...
Rightly dividing the word of truth: where the OT and NT dividing line is.
Christ is the NT testator (Heb 9:16,17. Jesus dies, OT Holy of Holies veil tears in 1/2. Three days later He's resurrected & 50 days later (Pentecost) Jesus sends His New Covenant/testament baptism (Acts 2:4) via His...
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: Save, Saving - [ A-1,Verb,G4982, sozo ]
(b) of the spiritual and eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, e.g., Acts 2:47, RV "(those that) were being saved;" Acts 16:31; Romans 8:24, RV...
KJV Dictionary Definition: JUSTIFICATION; In theology, remission of sin and absolution from guilt and punishment; or an act of free grace by which God pardons the sinner and accepts him as righteous, on account of the atonement of Christ.
(MY PARSING of KJ dictionary: ABSOLUTION from GUILT &...
KJV Dictionary SANCTIFICA'TION definition: The act of making holy, the act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose.
(MY NOTE: To sanctify, something is to set it apart for sacred purpose/work. It's Christ that sanctifes us void of any action on our part beyond faith)
Eternal...
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
(MY NOTE: Predestined to what? To the ADOPTION by Jesus Christ to himself)
Rom 8:29
For those ""God foreknew"" he also predestined to be conformed to the image...
I visited my cousin GiGi's church in Santa Barbara one Sunday where there was a guest speaker. At the end of the oration, we each thanked her at the pulpit and found a pile of sweet little scriptures that were rolled up like a scroll with a tiny ribbon keeping them bound. Each contained...
I believe Easter is the most notability important day if human history.
For approximately 1500 tears Israel practiced the coming resurrection.
Jesus was resurrected on the 3rd day/1st day of the week/Sunday, the very day the Temple priests were required to lift-up & wave the First Fruits sheaf...
Hi there,
So you have two concepts, Creation and Evolution. This is fine, as long as you don't try to remove one or the other in the name of its opposite. The mistake is to think that one being right, the other is wrong. How do we navigate this? My suggestion, is to create a concept that...
These are 2 separate events. 1st, Believers only, meet Christ in the air. 2nd, The Lord's feet (physically) touch Mt Olive & His saints/believers are already with Him.
Day of the Lord - Verse highlights
Isa 2:12 Man humbled, Isa 13:4-6 Battle, indignation, destruction
Jer 46:10 Vengeance, the...