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Gal. 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Many modern religionists do not know this yet (Rom. 1:16-17; 3:24-31; 5:1-11; 8:1-4; 10:9-10; Acts 13:38-39; Gal. 3:11-28; 2Cor. 5:14-21; Eph. 2:8-9; 1Jn. 1:9). Knowing... εἴδω eidō i'-do A pr

Hab. 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. As an introduction to the woeful taunt-songs Habakkuk was instructed to record, God gave His summary condemnation of the conceited character of the Babylonian: Behold,... הִנֵּה hinnêh hin-nay' Prolonged for if, lo ; lo!: - behold, lo, see. his (fallen) soul... נֶפֶשׁ nephesh neh'-fesh From to breathe ; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vita

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,  there ye may be also. I will come back refers here, not to the Resurrection or to a believer’s death, but to the Rapture of the church when Christ will return for His sheep (cf. 1Th. 4:13-18) and they will be with Him (cf. John 17:24). Jesus said nothing about the nature of the place where He was going. It is suffici

" Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth " (Rev. 3:10). The church in Philadelphia received no rebuke from Christ. Instead they were commended and given a promise because they had been willing to endure patiently. The promise was, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on t

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. This is the first plain reference in all Scripture of the rapture—of some escaping all the terrible events of Luke 21:25-28. How they were to escape, if they met conditions, is stated here as "to stand before the Son of Man." How could all worthy ones go to be before Him unless by rapture as stated in John 14:1

Keep reminding ourselves The Idols of Babylon and the One True God Isa. 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Ten Things to Remember 1. That I am God (Isa. 46:9). 2. There is no other God. 3. There is none like Me. 4. None declaring the end from the beginning (Isa. 46:10). 5. None declaring predictions from ancient times that are not yet fulfilled. 6. I will keep My Word and do all the pleasure o

Rom. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Power for sanctification The question naturally arises, Must a believer spend his whole life on earth frustrated by ongoing defeats to indwelling sin? (Rom. 7:21-25) Is there no power provided to achieve victory? The answer to the first question is no and to the second, yes. In Rom. 8:1-39, Paul described the ministry of the indwelling Holy S

Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Provided righteousness enjoyed: The apostle now turned to a presentation of the experiential results (suggested by the connective oun, trans. therefore ) of the believers’ justification - God’s declaring them righteous - on the basis of faith (cf. 3:21-4:25). The participial clause since we have been justified (cf. Rom. 5:9) through faith describes antecedent action to the mai

Stick to the Word Isa. 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. John the Baptist Predicted Except for the last part of Isa. 40:5, all of Isa. 40:3-5 are quoted in Luke 3:4-6 as being fulfilled with John the Baptist and the first coming of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Mat. 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23). They might also have a further and more complete fulfillment in the ministry

1Jn. 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. Whosoever... πᾶς pas pas Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole: - all (manner of, means) alway (-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no (-thing), X throughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever. believeth... πιστεύω pisteuō pist-yoo'-o From credenc

Gal. 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, But... δέ de deh A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.: - also, and, but, moreover, now [often unexpressed in English]. when... ὅτε, ο ̔́τε, η ̔́τε, το τε hote ho te hē te tō te hot'-eh, ho,t'-eh, hay'-the, tot'-eh From the who and both or also ; at which (thing) too, that is, when: - after (that), as soon as, that, when, while. Sec

Jacob Blesses His Sons Gen. 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Translated tribe and tribes 140 times; rod 34 times; staff (2Sam. 23:21; 1Chr. 11:23); darts (2Sam. 18:14); and sceptre (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Psm. 45:6; Isa. 14:5; Ezk. 19:11, 19:14; Amos 1:5, 1:8; Zec. 10:11). It means the sceptre of government and rule shall not depart from Judah; i.e., Jud

Heb. 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Prologue (Heb. 1:1-4) In a majestically constructed opening paragraph, the writer introduced his readers at once to the surpassing greatness of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Son, he declared, is the par excellence vehicle for divine revelation. In asserting this, he implicitly contrasted Him with the prophets of old and explicitly contrasted Him with the angels. The cent

Dispensations Eph. 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: The 1st New Testament prophecy in Ephesians (Eph. 1:10, unfulfilled). Next, Eph. 1:14. This will be fulfilled in the Millennium when all enemies will be put down and all creation will be united in one—as it was before Lucifer’s and Adam’s rebellion (1Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 20:1-15; 21:1-22:

Began: Jacob Blesses His Sons Gen. 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. The oracle of Jacob concerning the tribes A fundamental principle in God’s economy is that the lives and natures of the patriarchs affected their descendants. God works out the manifold destinies of His people in accordance with their moral distinctions. Gen. 49:1-33 gives a glimpse into such a program

Messiah would bring light to Galilee. Old Testament Scripture. Isa. 9:1-2 New Testament Fulfillment. Mat. 4:13-16 For to Us a Child Is Born Isa. 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The future deliverance of the nation In these verses Isaiah spok

Php. 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: A Walk Completed The people of Philippi were living there as colonists while their citizenship was in Rome. Similarly Christians, while living on earth, have their citizenship elsewhere - in heaven. This contrasts with those in Php. 3:19 whose minds are exclusively on earthly things. For... γάρ gar gar A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argume

Heb. 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. With this observation, eschatological realities come into focus. Humans are sinful creatures destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. But this danger is turned aside by the fact that Christ was sacrificed once ( hapax , cf. Heb. 9:26) to take away the sins of many people. The recurrence of “once” (Heb. 9:26, 9

Messiah would be called a Nazarine. Old Testament Scripture. Isa. 11:1 New Testament Fulfillment. Mat. 2:23 The Righteous Reign of the Branch Isa. 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: The rise of God’s glorious empire The Assyrian Empire would fall (Isa. 10:5-34), but another empire would arise. This section about God’s empire (11:1-12:6) includes a description of the Messiah, the kingdom itself, and the rem

1Jn. 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. In the light of the deceptions of the last hour John’s general warning against the world is now followed by a warning against one of its end-time manifestations. The false teachers who were present were worldly to the core (cf. 1Jn. 4:5). The readers knew about the predicted advent of the Antichrist an