A Few Thoughts About the Beatitudes Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount—The Beatitudes as found in Matthew 5:1-12 WEL Matthew 5:1 Seeing the large crowds, he went up to a mountain, and after sitting down, his disciples came to him, 2 And opening his mouth, he started teaching them saying, 3 “Blessed are the poor…
A Few Thoughts About Ephesian Church and First Love Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless, I have [something] against you, because you have forsaken your first love. First love = the most important love. This love has the highest priority and more important than anything else. Other loves in the Scriptures: B1 Money C1 Luke 16:13 NIV…
A Few Thoughts About Colossians 3:12-14 Colossians 3:12-14 CSB Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.…
A Few Short Thoughts About Colossians 1:9 Colossae is in modern Turkey and was an important Roman city. Epaphras visited, preached, and started a church there (Colossians 1:7) in the early 60s A.D. It is one of the prison epistles. Paul was in near-by Ephesus at the time (Acts 19). Colossians 1:9 WEL Also,…
A Few Thoughts about Luke 23:34 Luke 23:34 EMTV Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And dividing His garments, they cast lots. Jesus’s prayer does not mean that these evil people have the sins forgiven and are now enjoying fellowship with God in heaven. These evil people…
A Few Thoughts about the Last Day Church Tommy Ice lists: The following is a list of the seven major passages that deal with the last days for the church: 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 4:3-4; James 5:1-8; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 3:3-6; Jude 1-25. Every one of these passages emphasizes over and over…
Luke 20:41-44 WEL 41 He said to them, “How can it be said that Christ is David’s son? 42 “David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord [Hebrew Yahweh] said to my lord,’ “Sit at my right hand, 43 “Until I make your enemies your footstool [Psalm 110:1],”’ 44 “Therefore, David calls…
A Few Thoughts About the Book of Proverbs Part 1:Introduction B1 Author B2 Purpose: to show the contrast between God’s wisdom and human wisdom. B3 Why read and study? Proverbs 1:2-6 NRSV For learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight, 3 for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;…
Titus 3:12-15 Final Greetings Final Greetings 12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there. 13 Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos in any way you can, so that they are lacking nothing. 14 Also, let ours learn to…
Titus 3:9-11 Avoid Some Things To Avoid 9 Avoid foolish questions, genealogies, big arguments and battles over the law, for they are not beneficial and useless. 10 Reject a heretic—after the first and second warning— 11 Knowing that such a person is twisted and sins, being self-condemned. Notes B1 Actions to avoid C1 The…