Salvation in the New Testament is about God’s work of deliverance to us from the power of sin, the devil, and death, made possible through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Salvation is about a person’s relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. It is impossible with human achievement or wisdom, but …
The way and life in the kingdom of God?
Question: I want to understand more about the kingdom of God in terms of the following: The question we will attempt to answer in this study is to understand what living in the kingdom of God looks like. Before we understand kingdom living, we need to know the status of the kingdom of God in …
What is the difference between anger and wrath in the Bible?
Anger and wrath are both used in the Bible. Anger is an emotion of dislike when we are confronted with something harmful or hurtful. It is part of our nature and not always necessarily wrong or sinful. However, it can very quickly lead to sin because responding in hate leads to sin. Ephesians 4:26 says, “In …
Did God write on the stone tablets with a physical “finger”?
Question: How did Moses receive the two tablets of stone on Mount Sinai? The Bible does not seem to make it clear. Was it God’s hands in the form of a human that gave them to Moses? In Exodus 31:18, we read, “And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, …
The meaning and work of the “Word of God”
As believers, we often hear the phrase or use the term “the word of God”. What exactly does it mean? Let us look at the scriptures to understand it. In its simplest form, this phrase is referred to the Bible, all the books from Genesis to Revelation. These words are God speaking to us through …
Once useless but now useful (Philemon 8-12)
Philemon 8-12 “8 Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. 11 (Formerly he was …