Joe | February 22, 2010
In the introductory post, we talked about how Jesus teaching in parables was a fulfillment of prophecy in Isaiah. We also talked about how the seven parables found in Matthew 13 are directly related to the seven letters found in the book of Revelation.
Today we want to look at the parable of The Sower and [...]
Category: Daniel, Ephesians, Matthew, Revelation | No Comments »
Tags: birds, Daniel, doctrine, ephesus, gentiles, israel, kingdom, parables, Satan, sea, seed, sower
Joe | February 16, 2010
There is a battle that has raged since the days of creation. It’s battle of good versus evil, light versus darkness more epic than any battle ever conceived in the mind of man. But it is a battle that we humans, generally, are rarely even aware of.
Paul accurately describes it this way:
For our struggle is not [...]
Category: 2 Kings, Ephesians, Romans | 2 Comments »
Tags: angels, demons, elisha
Joe | November 30, 2009
So far, we’ve looked at the first five of seven letters Jesus writes to the churches of Asia Minor.
The letters we have looked at so far are:
Ephesus: “The Light of Asia”
Smyrna: “The Church of Suffering”
Pergamum: “The Pagan Church”
Thyatira: “The Church of Romanism”
Sardis: “The Protestant Church”
We now come to Philadelphia. It’s one of my favorite letters. [...]
Category: 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, Ephesians, Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, Revelation, Romans, Titus | 3 Comments »
Tags: crown, david, faith, grace, great tribulation, j vernon mcgee, john walvoord, key, love, rapture, salvation, throne, works
Joe | November 18, 2009
The martyred church of Smyrna was the last letter we studied.
Like Ephesus, Smyrna was one of the better churches. Smyrna, however, did not receive any word of condemnation. Jesus only had positive words to speak to Smyrna.
We will now study the third letter, the letter to the church of Pergamum.
Pergamum: The Pagan Church
Pergamum was located [...]
Category: 2 Peter, Ephesians, Hebrews, John, Jude, Numbers, Revelation, Romans | 2 Comments »
Tags: balaam, balak, covetousness, manna, pagan, pergamum, Satan, sword
Joe | November 2, 2009
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one [...]
Category: Ephesians, John | No Comments »
Tags: faith, grace, predestination, salvation