Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 WEB In verse seven of chapter five of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus continues to reveal who is truly blessed by God. Collectively called the Beatitudes, this list of blessed individuals is in striking contrast to who worldly people call...
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way. Luke 13:3 WEB At the end of the previous chapter, Jesus spoke about the importance of interpreting the signs of the times. In doing so, Jesus points to man’s ability to predict the weather based on signs in the sky. He...
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages Mark 16:17 WEB Through the power of God and his Holy Spirit, signs and wonders accompany those who believe in Christ. Here, in chapter sixteen of Mark’s gospel, Jesus gives two...
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14 WEB In chapter three verses ten through thirteen of Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he references four Old Testament scriptures in succession...
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous, not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 2:8-9 WEB The apostle Peter appears many times in...
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. Luke 6:7 WEB Luke’s gospel account is filled with numerous descriptions of Christ’s activities on the Sabbath. Here, Luke shares how the scribes and Pharisees...
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 2 Peter 3:3-4 WEB Chapter two of Peter’s...
Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. Acts 2:36 WEB With these words, Peter preaches in Jerusalem that Jesus is both Lord and Christ. Having witnessed Christ after his crucifixion, Peter shares the gospel...
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 WEB Children are a great responsibility and a gift from God. As we read in Psalm 127:3, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. NIV” When the Lord entrusts us with...
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times 1 Timothy 2:5-6 WEB The first letter to Timothy is one of three pastoral epistles written by Paul in the biblical canon. In the second chapter of...
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:1-3 WEB In the previous chapter, Matthew described Jesus’ forty days of...
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:9-10 NIV These verses are a potion of Paul’s message of spiritual fullness in Christ. In verse nine Paul emphasizes Jesus as...
