1 Peter 1:3-5 (ESV) – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land by crossing the Jordan River on the tenth day of the Hebrew Month of Nisan, marking the ‘New Year’ of their entry into the land.
God chooses to work through men, regardless of what he has or does not have.
Scripture Reading: 3 John 1-2
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
The goal of Christianity is not only heaven, but Christlikeness now.
A remnant is a remaining group or portion; an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value.
The Psalmist started of with ‘I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.’ This is imagery denoting how a person looks to YHWH and trust Him. ‘To the mountains’ denotes:
Proverbs 26:24, ‘He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.’
The book of Corinthians presents Christ as the mighty conqueror who removes the painful sting of death, and promises a holy transformation from mortal flesh to the immortal body in union with God.
Mark 4:20 (NKJV) – But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.