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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, …
Because of sin, every man has lost his relationship with God, his eternal life, and has also destroyed and disfigured himself and his environment. But God loved the world so much that he sent his Son to offer salvation to all people by dying on the cross of Calvary. Jesus sacrificed himself and shed his own sinless blood to atone …
Death is the end of life on earth. Death is a consequence of man’s sin, and since all men have sinned, no one escapes death. But because of Jesus’ victory over death with his resurrection, all people who have died will be resurrected to either eternal life or eternal judgment. For those who believe in Jesus, eternal life in the …
“1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and him …
Titus 2:11 Salvation is not something that can be demanded or snatched away, it is something that is offered by the grace of God. Titus 2:12 God’s grace gives us Christians total forgiveness and enormous freedom in the way we live, but we must not allow this freedom to lead us to live ungodly lives. Although God gives us forgiveness …
Acts 16:16 When Paul and his associates go to the place of prayer, they meet a girl with a spirit that is believed to be able to predict the future. Where the Bible says “divining”, it translates directly from the original Greek text as “python-ing”. In Greek mythology, the Greek god Apollo killed a large snake called Pyton. In Delphi, …
Acts 9:2 Paul, who had previously persecuted Christians in Jerusalem, now goes to the city of Damascus to persecute Christians there as well. Paul is backed by the religious Jewish elite in Jerusalem. The extreme religious zeal that Paul experiences can be extremely dangerous. Anyone who believes he is doing God’s will can be prepared to do just about anything. …
Luke 19:1 Why did Jesus pass through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem? The only thing that happened in Jericho during this visit was Jesus’ meeting with Zacchaeus, so most likely Jesus entered Jericho just to meet Zacchaeus. Luke 19:2 At the time of Jesus, the Jewish people were occupied by the Roman Empire, and the Romans demanded taxes from …
Luke 15:11-16 This amazing symbolic story is an educational illustration of God’s relationship with a rebellious man who leaves God for sin. In the story, the “father” symbolizes God, the “son” the rebellious sinner, and the “brother” the faithful parishioner. Asking his father for his share of the inheritance while he was still alive was like saying: “Father, I wish …
Luke 9:23 As if it wasn’t hard enough for the disciples to hear that their Messiah would suffer and die, now Jesus says that they will ALSO meet the same fate! When the Romans crucified slaves and criminals, they used to let these condemned people carry their own cross on the way to the place of execution. To “take up …