Christ Our Advocate 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Word Study: The Greek word translated as “advocate”, is “parakletos” which has ...
1 John 5:13 (ESV Strong’s) 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. Word Study: Eternal life according to John 17 is: John 17:3 (ESV Strong’s) 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. Comment: John’s main reason for ...
The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed Paul’s Stewardship of God’s grace Comment: Chapter 3 of Ephesians that we are about to study can really be titled “God’s Mystery Revealed”. Paul takes us through how God revealed the mystery, how he was used by God, the reason for the revelation and then ends the chapter with a prayer. 1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf ...
Jesus’s birth and the Events surrounding His birth, was in fulfilment of prophecies 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the ...
The Wise Men and King Herod 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Comment: Now when Matthews says ” Now after Jesus was born ...
The Birth of Jesus and the Shepherds visit Comment: Matthew’s intention in writing this gospel and specifically the portion we are dealing with, which is the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, was to show the Jews from the Old testament that Jesus is indeed the messiah that the prophets prophesied about. That Jesus is indeed the Christ and the Son of God. For a Jew (and it should also ...
The Gospel of John, An eye witness account 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, ...
Jesus the Provider 1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went ...
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into ...
Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 ...
