Some mistakenly view covenants like contracts, and while there are some similarities, covenants go much deeper. Contracts are typically entered by one or both parties for personal gain. Contracts have expectations that each person meets, and if those conditions are not met, the contract is void. Contracts are for a set period of time. Covenants…

Our Wednesday Evening Adult Bible Study is currently going through the book of Galatians. The main theme of this book is justification by faith apart from works of the law. However, as with any book in the Bible, there are numerous side lessons or lessons within lessons that are very practical for Christians today. We…

Jeremiah 31:31-34 The days are coming,” declares the Lord,“when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my…

Mark 2:23–28 demonstrates how, the more Jesus shows His authority, the more the Pharisees resent Him and take notice of His unorthodox ways. This is the first time in Mark’s gospel that the Pharisees directly confront Jesus and they confront Him over their belief that the disciples are breaking the Sabbath command. The Law’s Sabbath-day…

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. Being the temple of God means that we, as Christians, those who have been…

Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. What we see in Deborah’s story is a great example of…

1 Corinthians 11 begins a new section (11-14) where Paul, inspired by God, addresses issues concerning the assembly, when the Corinthians “come together” (11:18; 11:20; 14:23; 14:26). The problems include disputes about proper attire in worship (11:2-16), abuses of the Lord’s Supper (11:17-34), and abuses of spiritual gifts (12-14). The role of women is also…

Acts 28:31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance! The Book of Acts closes by telling us that Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. And this is exactly what God’s people…

He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance! What did Paul proclaim? the kingdom of God What did he teach? the Lord Jesus Christ How did he do it? with all boldness and without hindrance! What Paul was doing at the end of the book…

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. Peter has just stated that Christians are sometimes called to suffer, by the will of God, for doing good. Here, he…