Among the instructions and encouragements, the writer now turns to teaching about God’s discipline. God is a teacher. He wishes for His people to mature, have self-control, learn failure, deal with difficulties, learn to ask for wisdom and grace, to help each other in afflictions, and the goals of a godly life. My translation…
The writer now precedes to write some final instructions. This section encourages us to persevere to the end of our life. Many have gone before us and remained faithful. We keep our eyes on the goal who is Jesus. Jesus also persevered to the end. We need to encourage each other as well. My…
This post is long, but I thought I would publish the rest of Hebrews chapter 11, which again gives examples of people of faith, and how God blessed them. Even in death, they received blessings of a better resurrection. Today, we live under the Law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). There are rules of things…
More heroes of the faith listed, and why they are people honored in this passage. We too, by God’s help, can also believe God for salvation and day-by-day living. My translation and notes on Hebrews 11:20-22 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. [Isaac believed what God had said…
The Hebrews writer continues from Messiah being the superior sacrifice and High Priest speaking of our faith, the importance of faith, and the necessity of continuing in faith. Faith is believing God. Our faith must continue to be salvation from sins, the effects of sin, and our daily life in faith must be through…
Luke 17:5-6 5 The Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” 6 The Lord said, “If youp had faith as big as a mustard seed, youp might say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey youp.” It is not the smallest seed in Israel…
In light of Father’s Day where I live, I thought I’d offer the two styles of leadership taught in the Bible, some characteristics of each, and the question, “What type of leader am I?” All adults are leaders sometime and some place. Fathers are leaders; mothers are leaders as well. Let us study the…
We all make promises. How do God’s promises different from human promises? Why is there usually a waiting period before God’s promise is fulfilled? Why did God take an oath with His promise to Abraham? My translation and notes on Hebrews 6:13-20 God’s Promise Is Sure 13 For when God made a promise to…
As Christians, we must know what we believe and why. It is not just pastoral ministry that teaches us, but we must read and STUDY to learn for ourselves. We have that responsibility. It must be our priority. My translation and notes on Hebrews 6:1-12 Encouragement to Grow in and by Doctrine 1 So…
Reading and studying the Scriptures has great benefits, likewise, not reading and studying the Scriptures has great damage. The main issue is a Christian is easier to be deceived if they do not know the truth taught by the Bible. All Christians should be discipled on Bible interpretation, Old Testament and New Testament survey,…