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Hebrews 1:1-3 – Three Contrasts

| October 15, 2009

Notice the three contrasts in verses 1-3 that cover time, medium, and recipients:  long ago vs. these last days; to the fathers vs. us; prophets vs. Son.

Hebrews 1 – Text and Notes

| October 15, 2009

Text & Notes Introduction of Jesus   1 [Extended Notes] God [Theos; While not the first word in the Greek text, a fitting and striking beginning in English.  When compared to the beginnings of other books, we can assume that the writer needed to immediately get the reader’s attention.], after He spoke [first aorist active […]

Romans 1:18-32 – The Evolution of God

| October 15, 2009

“The evolution of God” is both a modern and ancient blasphemy. Both primitive societies and those supposedly intellectually advanced and therefore superior, share in common the flaw where they “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18) and become “futile in their speculations” (Romans 1:21).  Both ancients and moderns professing to be wise, … became fools (Romans 1:22).  […]

Hebrews 10:25 – Treat Church Services Like…

| October 13, 2009

   Jesus began parables with…”The kingdom of heaven is like…” to make His teachings plain and understandable.    The parabolic helps us appreciate the immaterial and spiritual because we understand the material and physical.  As one little girl reportedly said, a parable is “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.”  But since most of us […]

Acts 20:7 – Too Tired To Go To Church

| October 13, 2009

Too tired to come to church?  Too tired to assemble with the saints?  Rationalizing, “If I go to church I’ll just fall asleep anyway…I’m so tired I wouldn’t get anything out of it anyway…”  Have you ever noticed how often our excuses begin or end with…”anyway?”  O.K., maybe those thoughts are true…sometimes.  And even maybe […]

2 Chronicles 31-33 – From Very Best to Very Worst

| October 13, 2009

            From the very best to the very worst; that is, from godly parents to ungodly children. “How does this happen?”  This discouraging conundrum is seen several times in the Bible where a very good and godly parent raises a very evil and devilish child. Or as happens more often, how could godly parents have […]

Acts 2:38 – For the Forgiveness of Sins

| October 13, 2009

Ironically and sadly, this verse, which is part of the very first explanation of God’s grace to all mankind after Jesus’ ascension, is also one of theologies greatest debated texts.  Why?  One way to answer that question would be because of prejudicial thinking.  That leads to another way of answering that question – because of […]

Acts 2:38 – In the Name of Jesus

| October 13, 2009

If you witnessed a baptism and heard the preacher say, “I now baptize you in the name of Jesus,” would that be a scriptural baptism?  When you were baptized, were you baptized in the name of Jesus?  If so, why?  If not, why not? The part of Acts 2:38 we are focusing on this time […]

Acts 2:38 – Repent (Plural) and Be Baptized (Singular)

| October 13, 2009

2:38 Repent [2nd person, plural], and let each of you [3rd person, singular] be baptized…for the forgiveness of your sins Those arguing against the necessity of baptism note that in the Greek, there is a change of number from plural (repent) to singular (let each of you be baptized) and from second person to third […]

Proverbs 1:2-7 – The Importance of a Godly Education

| October 13, 2009

What is the importance of a Christian education?  As Christians we need a “Christian education.”  As Christian parents we should strive to teach our children what we have learned from our studies.  And as parents we should also emphasize the importance of getting our children to Bible Classes and to church services so that they […]