The children of Israel who returned to the good land from captivity in Babylon were told to remember the covenant that God made with Abraham, which is fulfilled in the New Testament; God made His covenant with Abraham through the crucified and resurrected Christ. We want to see the crucial aspects of living in […]
The Meaning of, You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect
One of the hardest verses for a young believer to understand is in Matt. 5:48, You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. Immediately most believers take this as a matter of “trying to be a better person”, attempting to remove old sinful habits that don’t match their new calling to be sanctified […]
After Isaac was Offered to God, he was Returned in Resurrection for God’s Purpose
Many Christians tend to trivialize the story of Abraham offering up Isaac to God as a burnt offering, saying that “God tested him to see if he can give up his own son, and Abraham passed the test!” But what the Bible reveals is a much deeper and sweeter reality than this. Why did God […]