What Does Ordained Mean in Acts 13:48 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Acts 13:48, Luke writes, “… and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” Some interpret ordained here to mean predestined. However, by studying the context and the use of the word ordained in other passages, we’ll...
Several times in your Bible, you find the phrase, “Depart from evil”. In the context of four of these references, you can see the reason why we should depart from evil. Understanding – Job 28:28. To depart from evil is understanding. This verse has a two-pronged application. First, when...
In Hebrews 7 Paul explains how Jesus Christ is a high priest who is greater than the Levitical priests who descended from Aaron. Jesus Christ is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, v.1-3, Ps 110:4. This is significant because: Melchisedec was a king, v.1-2. His name means King...
In Hebrews Chapter 5, Paul continues his discussion about Jesus Christ the high priest which he started in Heb 4:14-15. See Heb 2:17 and 3:1 for earlier references to him as the high priest. Paul writes about the high priesthood of Jesus all the way through Heb 10. In this...
My Fruit is Better than Gold Prov. 8:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Wisdom in Prov 8 is personified. In Prov 8:19, she says, My fruit is better than gold. The inference is that you are better off seeking wisdom than you are seeking gold because the fruit of wisdom is better...
Eternal Security 1 Jn 5:11-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This study is for the benefit of those who are saved and believe in eternal security but don’t know well enough from the Bible why they believe it or how to teach someone else why they should believe it. This study...
Gal 3:21 says, “if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law”. Rom 10:5 says, “the man which doeth those things shall live by them”. These verses seem to contradict. How is it that the law can’t give life...
When you get saved, Christ is is you. His presence in your life changes things completely. You are literally a new creature in Christ [2 Cor 3:17]. Christ in you: Results in your death – Rom 8:9-11 – specifically Rom 8:10. When you get saved, everything about you should die....
There is so much more to having eternal life than just being able to go to heaven when you die. Of course, going to heaven is wonderful. But if you could have more, wouldn’t you want it? You can have more. We are instructed to lay hold on eternal life,...
Breath and Spirit Job 34: 14-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are two things given to us by God, without which we would not be alive. They are our breath and our spirit [Is 42:5]. Job 34:14-15 shows us that without spirit and breath we perish. Ps 104:29 says, “thou takest...
