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1. Created in the image of God God originally created man in his “image”. God wants to have a loving fellowship with us, and initially man had a peaceful existence in Paradise. But when man was tempted by the Devil to sin, and fell to temptation, sin entered the world and became a tragic part of humanity, resulting in death, …
The word “baptism” comes from the Greek word “baptizo” and means “to dip”, “to lower”, “to immerse” or “to enclose” and is a word that was used to sink ships into the sea. Just as Jesus died with our sins and then rose again, so we symbolically bury our old sinful life in the waters of baptism and rise to …
Acts 8:26 Philip was one of the seven deacons chosen in Acts 6:1-7. It may seem strange that an angel of the Lord asks Philip to leave a very successful and fruitful missionary activity (Acts 8:4-13) to go out into a desolate wilderness. God always looks beyond us and always has a long-term plan. We need to trust that God …
Mark 1:9 Although Jesus was born in Bethlehem, he had grown up in Nazareth, a despised city in the north (John 1:46). But even though the city was disliked, Jesus chose to be identified with it. Even today we call Jesus “Jesus of Nazareth”, not “Jesus of Bethlehem” or “Jesus of Capernaum”. Even today, many Christians in the Middle East …
Mark 1:4 In the desert is another connection to the prophet Isaiah who prophesied that “a voice cries out in the desert” (Isa 40:3). The word “proclaim” comes from the Greek word “kerysson” and has the meaning “to proclaim a message”. For example, a king of the time might send a herald to “announce” that taxes would be raised. John …