Romans 10:9 – …because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. After explaining Heaven and Hell, the closing verses of the Bible say, “Come!” as an invitation for all who desire to receive God’s saving grace … Read more
Matthew 8:11 – I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven… At its simplest, the Kingdom of God is about God ruling as King over everyone and everything forever, bringing His rule and reign to bear on every inch … Read more
Revelation 14:13 – And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” Historically, Protestants have worked, following Jesus’ example, and the noted German sociologist Max … Read more
2 Thessalonians 1:4 – Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. For the Apostle Paul to sit down, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to write a book of the Bible means that a … Read more
2 Peter 3:15-17 – Our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as … Read more
1 Thessalonians 4:17 – Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Paul says, “Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them … Read more
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 – For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God… The Bible is not anti-sex. The … Read more
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 – For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God… I was a very young pastor, new to ministry, and trying my best to … Read more
1 Thessalonians 3:6 – But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you… Paul loved the church he planted, but he had to leave it suddenly shortly … Read more
2 Thessalonians 2:18 – …because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. What are some of the characteristics of the book of 1 Thessalonians, which Paul wrote to the kind, loving church at Thessalonica? First, the book is written in the form of an ancient letter. A Bible commentary says, … Read more
2 Thessalonians 2:17-18 – But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. In the good old days when I … Read more
2 Thessalonians 2:17-18 – But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. In 1-2 Thessalonians, Paul’s enemies are trying … Read more