Romans 9:1-4a I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying. My conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites…In Romans 3:1-4 Paul raised the question as to what advantage there wa...  Read More

Revelation 12:13-17 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 And the serpent poured water like a rive...  Read More

Revelation 12:10-12 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love th...  Read More

Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels ...  Read More

Revelation 12:3-6 Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. 4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. 5 And she gave birth to a son, a m...  Read More

Revelation 12:1-2 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.In Revelation 11, with the blowing of the seventh trumpet of God’s judgment on the earth, the second coming of Jesus Christ is recorded: the Kingdom of God coming ...  Read More

Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Apostles wrote Scripture under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16-17). So when an apostle like Paul ...  Read More

Romans 8:35-37 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.Now in the history of the Christian Chur...  Read More

Romans 8:35-37 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.So, Christ died, was raised, is at God’s...  Read More

Romans 8:32-34 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; 34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.In Romans 8 Paul writes about th...  Read More

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?God foreknew, predestined, called, justified, and glorified all of His adopted children (8:29-30). He is sovereign over His creation and the Judge over the same. Stepping back from his assessment of God, Paul asks, What shall we say to these things? (v. 31). What else can believers conclude now except that thei...  Read More

John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…”In a summary statement about salvation, Jesus speaks of God’s efficacious grace in John 6:44. God actually “draws” people to Him and does not woo them as some falsely teach. The Greek word is used six times, five times by John. In 18:10, it is used in reference to a sword being drawn out for battle. In 21:6, 11 it is used fo...  Read More