Can you imagine life without death? Such a day is coming. Because Christ lived, died, and rose again, the end of death is a reality otherwise impossible. It’s been rightly said that the entirety of the Christian faith rests on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is an historical figure. He was a man wise…
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Psalm 137:8 – What You Have Done to Us
The Jews had a different perspective on the land of Israel than we do today in America. God had promised them a homeland and a holy city. For them, life and God were tied together in a way that we really can’t comprehend. When they disobeyed God and suffered the consequences of destruction and dispersion…
John 3:5 – Water and Spirit
We’re all familiar with the account of the Pharisee Nicodemus coming to Jesus at night. Jesus called him the teacher of Israel (John 3:10); as such he was an important, highly regarded man. It’s why he came at night. His intense curiosity about Jesus got the best of him, but he couldn’t risk anyone seeing…
Luke 20:36 – Equal to Angels
The scribes and chief priests, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, all came to Jesus with their own agendas hoping to catch Him as a false prophet and thus denounce Him. At one point, the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with questions about the afterlife. As opposed to the Pharisees, they didn’t believe in the…
Luke 16:26 – A Great Chasm
In all the parables Jesus told, He never used proper names; He would simply give a description of a person, e.g. “the rich young ruler.” There was one exception to this general rule, and that was in His recounting the incident with the beggar, Lazarus, and the rich man. Because of the use of Lazarus’…
Matthew 25:40 – As You Did
We know that from the time of Jesus, the only way to eternal life is through Him (John 3:16). Believers who have died and risen, and those alive and translated in the Rapture, will all be justified by grace through Jesus for their works in Christ at His mercy seat (Hebrews 9:5; Romans 3:24-25). Their…