For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworkerContinue reading “1 Thessalonians 2:19-3:13….Three ‘therefores’.”
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1 Thessalonians 2: 13-20….An example – How to respond to the gospel!
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. For you, brothers, became imitators of the churchesContinue reading “1 Thessalonians 2: 13-20….An example – How to respond to the gospel!”
Revelation 7:9-17….Many Believers and a Heavenly Host!
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God whoContinue reading “Revelation 7:9-17….Many Believers and a Heavenly Host!”
Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” So the people were scattered throughout all the landContinue reading “Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!”
Revelation 2: 8-11….Satan’s synagogue!
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.Continue reading “Revelation 2: 8-11….Satan’s synagogue!”
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!”
Psalms 69: 1-8…..It’s just too much for me!
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched.My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. More in numberContinue reading “Psalms 69: 1-8…..It’s just too much for me!”
Esther 6: 12-7:4a…..In Haman’s mental distress he is taken to the Queen’s table.
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall,Continue reading “Esther 6: 12-7:4a…..In Haman’s mental distress he is taken to the Queen’s table.”
Acts 23: 12-22….Ambush and murder discovered.
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste noContinue reading “Acts 23: 12-22….Ambush and murder discovered.”
Acts 16: 19-24…..A response to reduced income!
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs that are not lawful forContinue reading “Acts 16: 19-24…..A response to reduced income!”
As I read it! 