Romans 8:31 reads, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?” The immediate context of the statement is in regard to the salvation of the believer. Because God has eternally predetermined to save an individual (see vv. 29-30) if a person is now living in Christ and walking worthy of such a calling, he or she is to glean direct strength from the understanding tha...  Read More

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” There’s an addendum to this among many today. It’s that while nothing can “snatch” you o...  Read More

At the outset of every letter that we’re certain the Apostle Paul wrote in the New Testament he uses a phrase that reflects his love for the church. In all 13 letters in the Pauline Corpus, with only slight variation he writes, “…Grace to you and peace from God our Father…” (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 1:2; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalon...  Read More

The following is a bit of biographical information on St. Paul from a class introduction to Colossians. Along with this was some compiled information on the city of Colosse and how we date the Scriptures. 1) He spoke several languages. Hebrew, Greek and possibly Latin (desiring to go to Italy/Spain).2) St. Paul’s name growing up was Saul of Tarsus. Tarsus is in modern day Turkey. This is/was Asia ...  Read More

Without the Person of Jesus there is no Christianity! No one could replace Him as the proponent of The Way. Any other "prophet" could've founded any other system of religion, but Christianity, the only true religion among men, could not have been started or endured under anyone but God The Son Himself. Jesus, in His very nature, as with the other two members of the Trinity, is one of a kind.      ...  Read More

In Isaiah 55:9 we read, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Now this passage, according to vv. 7-8 is not written to the righteous, but rather to the wicked. Nonetheless there is truth to it for the righteous of the Old Testament and even for the church today who’ve been given, “The mind of Christ,” 1 Corinthians ...  Read More