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At the beginning of His public ministry on earth, Christ was led by the Spirit of God into the desert to be tempted by the…
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Obedience in Practice (3)
In the first two articles of our series on obedience, we examined the following questions: – Who is our great role model? – What does…
Obedience of faith (2)
In this series of articles on the topic of obedience, we will address three questions: Who is our great role model? What does “obedience of…
Obedience (1)
Obedience (1) Obedience is no longer considered one of the top ten behaviors that people expect from themselves or others. But what does the Bible—the…
Wonderful in our eyes
Psalm 118 describes how the Lord Jesus will appear as the Messiah in the future, returning to earth and to the land of Israel. His…
Burdens of the Past
The wall absolutely had to be rebuilt. But where the work of God begins, the devil immediately brings out the heavy artillery. Through blasphemy,…
“I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit…!”
It is relatively common to hear Christians express concern about whether they have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit. They are thinking of the words of…
Justified by faith (Romans 5:1-2)
The doctrine of justification by faith and its glorious consequences is thoroughly explored in the Epistle to the Romans, culminating beautifully in the first section…
God’s Plan with You and Me
“Those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.…
Baptism – Essential for Christians
Baptism Baptism and the breaking of bread are the two basic ordinances that we, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, have been given. Therefore,…
A striking paradox – losing life equals saving life?! (2)
But what does it mean to lose one’s life in order to save it? It means giving up a self-centered life and living a Christ-centered…
Bottom Line of A Life
God inscribed the tombstone of King David with the following statement: “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God,…
A striking paradox – losing life equals saving life?! (1)
Someone once said: A paradox is a truth that stands on its head to attract attention. At first glance, it seems to make no sense…
The Two Natures of the Believers
Occasionally, it is asked whether a redeemed person only has the new nature or also an old nature – called “flesh” in the Bible. In…
Christians And Miraculous Healings
We certainly cannot judge everything that is called “miraculous healing” on this globe. It is also the case that to this day, some people are…
Leaving Marks…
When Enoch was caught up, there was obviously a search for him. We read: “For before he was taken, he had this testimony, that he…
Negligent?
A serious but, at the same time, challenging and motivating verse! God’s work – in whatever form – is so important and urgent that laziness,…
Why my Whole Life For God?
Question: I still don’t quite understand why God makes such a complete claim on our whole lives and demands that we submit our lives completely…
Satan – Murderer and Liar
If we did not have the New Testament, we would know very little about the devil. The Old Testament only mentions him explicitly in three…
What was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh?
The thorn causes suffering Paul speaks here of a “thorn” or “thorn” in the flesh that plagued him in the course of his spiritual experiences.…