We live in a day and time when being a “Christian” appears to be based primarily (or largely) on a verbal confession of Christ as Savior, but without any requirements at all for a changed life, or very loose requirements, at best. If one has made that confession of faith in Jesus Christ they are … Continue reading We Must Press On!
Hebrews
Let Us Run With Endurance
Today I was reading in Hebrews 11, which is regarded as the “faith chapter of the Bible,” for it lists numerous people of faith from the Old Testament and the things that they did and how they lived in loving response to God, by faith in God. They obeyed God. They did what was pleasing … Continue reading Let Us Run With Endurance
Faith in Christ in Action
I am reading in Hebrews 11 in the NASB1995 translation: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.” (vv. 1-2) “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He … Continue reading Faith in Christ in Action
A Better Sacrifice
“By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.” (Hebrews 11:4 NASB1995) When I read this in Hebrews 11 about Cain and Abel, I knew I had to … Continue reading A Better Sacrifice
To Love and Good Deeds
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the … Continue reading To Love and Good Deeds
He Who Promised is Faithful
“Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let’s approach God with a sincere … Continue reading He Who Promised is Faithful
If You Hear His Voice
“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,‘Today if you hear His voice,Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,As in the day of trial in the wilderness,Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me,And saw My works for forty years.Therefore I was angry with this generation,And said, “They always go astray in their … Continue reading If You Hear His Voice
If We Neglect So Great a Salvation
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrews 2:1-3 NASB’95) … Continue reading If We Neglect So Great a Salvation
Jesus Christ is God the Son
“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory and … Continue reading Jesus Christ is God the Son
Run With It 