“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not foundContinue reading “Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!”
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Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I haveContinue reading “Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess”
Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed amongContinue reading “Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!”
Revelation 2: 1-7….Church in Ephesus
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstand“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselvesContinue reading “Revelation 2: 1-7….Church in Ephesus”
Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Summary: Following on what I have pictured as Asaph’s leading of the congregationContinue reading “Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!”
Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.All in vain have I keptContinue reading “Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!”
1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.Now IContinue reading “1 Corinthians 16:12-24…. And Finally”
1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet willContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory”
1 Corinthians 15: 29-34….Sarcasm with a bit more questionable practice included!
Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I dieContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 29-34….Sarcasm with a bit more questionable practice included!”
1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and yourContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead”
As I read it! 