Tag: Bible Lessons

Have you ever compared what you had with someone else? Do you worry about your possessions? Do your possessions (or the desire to accumulate them) get in the way of your devotion to God? Jesus didn't have a place to live; He slept outside and in friends' houses. God's value system is obviously very ...

Here is a list of scriptures that prove God gives rewards and eternal rewards. Below the scriptures are a number of awesome quotes from famous theologians on the subject of eternal rewards. Many people say, "I can accept Jesus right before I die," or "Heaven will be the same for everybody." Although...

Early in the morning Jesus, battered and bruised, dehydrated, and exhausted from a sleepless night, is taken across Jerusalem to the Praetorium of the Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate. You are, of course, familiar with Pilate's action in attempting to pass responsibility to Herod Antipas, the Tet...

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There is some controversy as to the definition of lovingkindness. The definition we are concerned with is the one in the Old Testament. Typical people may assume the word simply means a combination of love and kindness. Lovingkindness has a deeper meaning. We will research scriptures and find a logi...

1 Samuel 17 Verse 26. David talked to some others standing there to verify the report. "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his insults to Israel?" he asked them. "Who is this Philistine, anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?" What a difference persp...

On a late afternoon, around the year 32 A.D., two men were walking from Jerusalem to the nearby village of Emmaus. Their conversation centered on notable events that had occurred the previous week. As they journeyed, they were joined by a stranger who seemed ignorant of these events. Surprised, they...

I have donated plasma many times. It is something that everybody has. It is giving life away to others. If you donate several times you will get a scar on your arm from the needle. Do you know who still bears scars from giving His life for us? Jesus Christ! All scriptures that command us to give and...

Have you ever read some of the places in the Bible and wondered where they were located, today? It only takes a few moments to realize there are places mentioned in the Bible that we cannot find on a map, today. Over the years, these places have changed names. You can tell how some of them have chan...

What saith the Word of God? Questions Most Frequently Asked About Divorce And Remarriage: (1) What are the grounds for a scriptural divorce? (2) On what scriptural grounds can a divorced person remarry? (3) Is dating wrong for a separated but not divorced person? (4) Can a divorced person take an ac...

We understand "fasting" to be the practice of deliberately abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. Abstinence from water or other fluids is sometimes included. It is a physical and spiritual medicine, and our usual verdict on such, however well the pharmacist may sugar-coat the pill, is: "Unple...

The books of Matthew and Luke are very interesting. The first three chapters tell us about the angels that foretold Jesus' birth, His birth, and early childhood. I will compare and contrast the two books. In my contrasting statements, keep in mind, at no time do the two gospels disagree with each ot...