For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 WEB Paul and his co-writer Timothy begin their letter to the...
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Jeremiah 31:31 KJV Jeremiah was one of the last great prophets in the Old Testament. After the scattering of the northern ten tribes of Israel, God sent Jeremiah to warn...
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. Acts 4:32 WEB This verse describes the level of commitment and unity present in the early church. After coming...
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading. Nehemiah 8:8 WEB Nehemiah was a secular Jewish leader. He was not a prophet or a priest but participated in rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. Nehemiah lived in the time of the exile...
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21 WEB Scripture is clear that salvation comes by faith alone. As Paul writes in Ephesians 2:8-10, “for by grace you have been saved through faith,...
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Micah 7:7 KJV In preceding verses, Micah describes the misery of living in Israel during a period of great corruption. With themes that are familiar today, he writes of the misconduct of his...
Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 WEB This prophecy from Isaiah gave the Israelites hope for a better future. Also, these words began to reveal God’s plan for salvation from sin...
