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When it comes to us providing or giving an account for ourselves to God, he considers the mercy that we have shown toward others and forgives us based on the ransom sacrifice of his Son. (Matt. 20:28; Rom. 14:12) This just adds to the reason we should make mercy a foremost quality in our lives.
Here James says that Abraham, our father, was justified by works. However, Paul wrote, “For by works of the law no human being will be justified.” (Rom 3:20) How is it that these two were not contradicting one another?
What wrong-headed approaches have taken place by some interpreters and translators in their effort to get at what Jesus meant at Matthew 19:23-26? What words did Jesus use, and what did he mean by them?
What did Jesus say? What did Jesus mean? Why did Jesus quote David? Did Jesus think the Father had abandoned him? Did Jesus lose faith? What can we learn from what Jesus said?
The whole Bible is stamped with the Divine “Hall-Mark,” but the Gospel according to John is first among equals. Through it, as through transparency, we gaze entranced into the very holy of holies, where shines in unearthly glory “the great vision of the face of Christ.
LUKE 22:39-47 NTBDC: How is it possible that Matthew, Mark, and Luke could have known what Jesus was praying at Gethsemane? Even though Jesus was only a stone’s throw away from them, they were sleeping.
John 5:39-40 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness about me. 40 And yet you do not want to come to me that you may have life.
Modern-day biblical scholarship today does not allow for any certainty. Even if a scholar is sure of something, he must conceal that certainty in ambiguous terms like "it seems," it is possible," or "possibly." Being scholarly today is to be skeptical and content with one's uncertainty.
Explore the historical context of Luke 2:1-2. Was there a mistake in the census timeline?
Explore the evidence for Jesus' existence. Learn how history supports the biblical accounts of Christ's life and ministry.
