The word “praise” is a word normally associated with the Bible and the worship of the One True and Living God. While the word can be used in the Bible to admire other believers good deeds (1 Corinthians 11:2), it is predominately used for God. God alone is worthy of all praise. He is to …
Thanksgiving is a biblical word that is an essential part of a Christian’s vocabulary. We understand thanksgiving as the act of giving thanks for something received, but the Bible goes further than this simple definition. The biblical meaning of the word “thanksgiving” is not something you say in response to some good that was done …
It is quite soothing when we think about the fact that God adopted us into His family and that we are His children. Biblical adoption is the divine act of God whereby He makes believers members of His heavenly family and gives them all the spiritual privileges in Christ becoming joint heirs with Him. The …
The Big Debate on Eternal Security This has been a popular topic that Christians have debated for hundreds of years, even since the earliest days of Christianity. There seems to be a growing trend in various churches that casts doubt about whether a person who has trusted Christ for salvation will remain saved until they …
Intercession is biblical word that is sometimes used today. We understand the word to basically mean, the act of interceding between two or more parties. If a person attacks another person and you jump in and try to talk down the aggressor, you would be interceding on behalf of the victim. When we look at …
On October 31st 1517, the Catholic Monk Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses to the Whittenburg Church door in Germany. This kicked off a fire storm of revolution and change that has impacted the world like nothing else. Every Bible believing church is a product of the Reformation. One of the hinges on which the Reformation …
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The difference between Christianity and every religion that has ever existed is this: The religions of world base themselves on human achievement, the Gospel of Jesus Christ bases itself on divine accomplishment. That is to say that Christianity is God doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves. God sent Christ to save His …
The word “liberty” is a wonderful word. It comes from the Greek word “eleutheria,” which means “the state of being free.” The word liberty is important to our western world and American culture. Men and women in America love the idea that we are free. We have freedom of speech, freedom press, freedom of religion …
The noun “forbearance” occurs only two times in the New Testament (Romans 2:4 and 3:25). The word has the sense of holding back, delaying, or showing tolerance. It is a beautiful word that teaches us that God delays His righteous wrath against sin. We all are born sinners and deserving of God’s wrath, and so …
The English words translated “foreknow” and “foreknowledge” are from the Greek verb “proginosko” and the noun “prognosis.” The verb proginosko is used five times in the New Testament (Romans 8:29, 11:2; Acts 26:5; 1 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 3:17), while the noun prognosis is found twice (Acts 2:23; 1 Peter 1:2). These words are compound …