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Jesus was the faithful Israelite, who truly loved God and neighbor and as Israel’s King, he died to take the curse and consequence of Israel’s failure into himself and bring redemption. So now, through Jesus the offspring of Abraham, God’s blessing can come to all people, regardless of their...

John 1:15, John tells about how he and his friends actually met Jesus and how they made the choice to follow and trust him and so we’re transformed by his light. John 1:16-17, John was an Israelite, part of the family that received through Moses the generous gift of the Torah that shared God’s...

God and the need for repentance, because John proclaimed the Kingdom of God is at hand. It’s a decision of which kingdom you want to be in. Repent, is the way John is caste in the Old Testament. This baptism, John’s baptism would give way to being baptized with the Holy Spirit. John’s baptism...

Now, this profound understanding of what Jesus accomplished, it has huge implications for who can now be included in God’s covenant family and for what it means to live as a member of that family. Paul turns to the stories about Abraham, how he was justified or declared righteous before God by...

There is a reward for those who endure, Revelation 3:11, a crown is at stake, a reward that Jesus himself will place on the heads of those who do not give up. 2 Timothy 4:7-8, the crown is not given to those who start the race, it is given to those who finish. You’ve been faithful to God, but...

Acts chapters 13-14, Paul wrote the Galatians from a place of deep passion and frustration. Christianity began as a Jewish Messianic movement in Jerusalem, but it’s message was for all humanity and it quickly spread beyond Israel. By Paul’s time as a missionary, there were as many non-Jews, as...

1 Peter 1:3, Peter, who had stood before an empty tomb, who had touched the scars on the risen Christ, knew this hope was no abstract idea, it was alive, just as Jesus was alive and it had transformed his own life, but what does Peter mean by living hope? It is the confident assurance that no...

John 15:5, do you go to church, is fruit growing in you, the question is not, do you believe in Jesus, it’s are you being shaped by his Holy Spirit and if not, then who is ruling your heart?

Galatians 6:9, the enemy wants you to give up, whenever you try to get serious about your faith, distractions increase. You commit to waking up early to pray, but suddenly your schedule becomes overwhelming. You decide to get back into the word, but then your phone won’t stop buzzing. You try to...

Luke 14:33, Jesus leaves no room for creative interpretations, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples, he doesn’t say some things, he doesn’t say the things you don’t need, he says everything, everything you own, every relationship you value, every dream you...

Philippians 4:6, nothing, not your job, finances, health, children, the chaos in the world, nothing. Worry is like carrying a backpack filled with bricks, every new fear, adds another brick and after a while, you start to believe the burden is just part of you, that you were built to be anxious...

Ephesians 5:21, introduces a principle that precedes and underlies everything about relationships, submitting to one another in the fear of Christ. This instruction is not directed to a specific group within the community, it is universal, addressed to all believers without distinction.

Romans chapters 9-11, Paul takes you into an intricate discussion about Israel, a nation chosen by God, with a unique purpose in his unfolding plan for the world. Israel is God’s covenant people, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, through whom God promised to bless the Nations. Yet...

In a world, where love often feels conditional, temporary or transactional, Paul’s message is radical. God’s love for you doesn’t depend on your performance, your strength or your circumstances, it’s a love that pursues you, even when you feel unworthy, even when you struggle to believe in it...

Romans 8:30, known, predestined, called, justified, glorified, is often presented as a chronological timeline of individual salvation, a map of the process through which each believer moves from eternity past to eternity future. Theological seminaries build entire curricula around this structure...

The literary concept of foolishness used in 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 redefines the understanding of knowledge by introducing a cognitive dissonance that suffocates the claims of classical human logic. By declaring that God chose what is weak in the world to shame what is strong, the biblical text...

Titus 2:11-12, Paul explains exactly how grace works, for the grace of God has appeared, that offers salvation to all people, it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and Godly lives. Teaches, grace teaches, grace empowers, grace...

Ephesians 5:20 brings an instruction that seems simple, but in practice represents one of the greatest battles of the believers life. Always for everything, these two words together form a way of life that goes completely against the natural inclination of the human heart. It is relatively easy...

Ephesians 5:10 deserves careful attention, Paul instructs believers to discern what is pleasing to the Lord, this verse does not indicate a one-time investigation that is done and finished, it indicates a continuous process of discernment, a posture of someone who is constantly tuning their...

Ephesians 4:24, presents the positive side of the command, to put on the new man, to shed the old, is an act of death, to put on the new, is an act of resurrection. Paul is not asking Christians to create a new version of themselves through moral effort, he is saying, that there is already a new...