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THE GRACE OF GOD: A GIFT OF SALVATION

April 24, 2023UncategorizedChrist, Egypt, Ephesians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's grace, jesus, Jesus Christ, Moses, new testament, Old Testament, Romans, salvation, saved, sight of God, sinned, sinnerabarkley8

The grace of God is a fundamental concept in Christianity, and it refers to the unmerited and undeserved favor that God shows to humanity. This grace is often associated with the gift of salvation, which is available to all who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. This gift of salvation is not something that can be earned or bought, but it is freely given by God to those who accept it in faith.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DARKNESS)

July 20, 2022Uncategorized1 Thessalonians, 2 John, 2 peter, 2 Thessalonians, Angels, Christ, crucifixion, Daniel, dark, definition of the day, definitions, Deuteronomy, disobedient, Ephesians, Ezekiel, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, human, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Jude, light, lighting, Lord, Luke, new testament, Old Testament, OT, Proverbs, Psalm, Romansabarkley8

Absence of lights is used in both physical and figurative senses in both the OT and NT. The darkness that covered the deep before God’s creation of light symbolizes chaos in opposition to God’s orderly creations (Gen 1:2-3). Elsewhere darkness, as well as light, is recognized as the creation of God (Isa 45:7). Darkness is a place where “workers of iniquity may hide” (Job 34:22 NASB); however, darkness does not hide one from God (Psa 139:11-12; Dan 2:22).

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (FAITH, NOT FABLES)

April 20, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, Church, churches, circumcised, Crete, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, Ephesians, Faith, faith not fables, false prophets, false teachers, food, foods, gentiles, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, group, holy days, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, jews, Judaizers, manners and customs, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Titus, unclean foodabarkley8

Paul wrote this letter to his missionary helper Titus, whom he had placed in charge of the church on the island of Crete.

One purpose of this letter was to instruct Titus in how to deal with the false teachers who had infiltrated the church.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (CROSS,CRUCIFIXION)

September 22, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, 5, acts, bearing, believer, buried, burry, Christ, Christian paradox, cross, crossbeam, crucified, crucifixion, crucifying, dead, death, death of self, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Ephesians, Faith, five times, Galatians, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, imagery, imitate Jesus, individual, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus crucifixion, John, life, longer lives, Mark, martyrdom, Matthew, nail, nailed, necessary death, new testament, Old Testament, paul, Paul symbol, purpose, resurrection, Roman practice, Romans, sacrifice, self-denial, symbolabarkley8

THE SYMBOLIC MEANING: Jesus Himself establish established the primary figurative interpretation of the cross as a call to complete surrender to God. He used it five times as a symbol of true discipleship in terms of self-denial, taking up one’s cross, and following Him (Mark 8:34; 10:38; Matt 16:24; Luke 9:23; 14:27). Building on the Roman practice of bearing the crossbeam to the place of execution, Christ intended this to point to the necessary death of self, involving the sacrifice of one’s individuality for the purpose of following Jesus completely; and a willingness to imitate Jesus thoroughly, even to the extent of martyrdom.

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WHAT IS BELIEF?

September 17, 2021UncategorizedBiblical faith, Catholic faith, Christ, dynamic, Ephesians, exercise, Faith, Faith in Christ Jesus, faith in God, Faith in Jesus Christ, family, family tree, fellowship, God, God exists, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's goodness, God's grace, God's love, grace, growing, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, human person, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Family, John, Lord, Martha, mary, Matthew, mind, minds, motivated, mountains, new testament, Old Testament, power, powerful, sense, Sin, sinner, soul, strength, the Good News, trustabarkley8

Faith refers to (1) the exercise of our capacity to trust someone or something, as, for example, a rock climber has faith in his or her rope; (2) a set of beliefs, such as “Catholic faith”; (3) a deeper, very personal movement of the heart toward God that includes the first two meanings, yet moves beyond them into personal fellowship with God.

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WHAT IS GRACE?

September 17, 2021Uncategorizedbenefit, bill, cared, Christ, dead, death, devil, Ephesians, eternal plan, evil, Faith in Christ, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God's grace, Gospel, grace, hope, humiliation, initiative, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Matthew, new testament, our sins, Pray, prayed, prayer, referring, Satan, sending, Sin, sinner, sins, what is grace, worshipabarkley8

We hear the word a lot around Christian circles, sometimes referring to a prayer before a meal, sometimes to a great big idea associated with the gospel, sometimes as a girl’s name. Paul’s used the term throughout his letters to speak of God’s special favor to every person, the underserved benefit we have of God’s mercy in sending Jesus to die for our sins.

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JESUS AND THE NAMES OF GOD

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, 2 peter, Christ, Ephesians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jesus Christ, Jesus is El Olam, Jesus is eternal, Jesus is God, Jesus is life giving, Jesus is omnipresent, Jesus is omniscient, John, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Names of Jesus Christ, new testament, Old Testament, one with God, revelation, word, Word was with Godabarkley8

The New Testament alludes to Jesus’ divine nature by comparing Jesus to several names and attributes used for God. Here are a few examples of Jesus being compared to God.

JESUS IS GOD: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1).

JESUS IS ONE WITH GOD: Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30).

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (BLOOD OF CHRIST-MEANING AND EFFECTS)

August 24, 2021Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 peter, analogies, animals sacrifices, atoning, blemish, blood, blood of christ, blood sacrifice, both lega, Christ, cleanses, covenant, death, defect, definition of the day, definitions of the day, died, effect, Ephesians, God, God the Son, God-man, HCSB, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, justification, lamb, law, laws, legal transactions, Matthew, meaning, new testament, odds, offering, priest, propitiatation, redeemer, Revelations, Romans, sprinkle, sprinkling, sprinkling of bloodabarkley8

The term “blood of Christ” designates in the NT the atoning death of Christ. Atonement refers to the basis and process by which estranged people become at one with God (atonement=at-one-ment). When we identify with Jesus, we are no longer at odds with God. The meaning of Christ’s death is a great mystery. The NT seeks to express this meaning in

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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

August 23, 2021Uncategorized1 john, 1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, bad deed, bad deeds, Christ, circumstances, deed, deeds, desires, Deuteronomy, Ephesians, Exodus, Ezekiel, faithfulness, forbearance, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, generosity, gentleness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good deed, good deeds, Goodness, happiness, harmony, Hebrews, humility, Isaiah, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, joy, kindness, love, Luke, Matthew, meekness, nehemiah, new testament, Old Testament, outward, paul, peace, peter, Proverbs, relationships, reliability, Romans, sacrifical, self-control, severely, Sinful, spirit, Titus, tried, trustworhiness, victory, Zechariahabarkley8

The aspects of the fruit of the Spirit advocated by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 occur not only here but also elsewhere in the Scriptures. Most of the attributes are those by which God himself lives.

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HOW CAN JESUS BE CONSIDERED SINLESS WHEN THE BIBLE DESCRIBES HIS ANGER?

August 19, 2021Uncategorizedapostles, Christ, devil, Disciples, dramatic, Ephesians, evil, facts, four Gospels, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Gospel, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, mad, market, market place, Matthew, military campaigns 17 years, money, money changers, motivating power, new testament, Old Testament, passoin, power, Sin, sinned, sinner, temple, worship, worshiper, worshippingabarkley8

All four Gospels describe Jesus clearing the money changers form the temple; none use the term “anger” as part of the description. We infer anger from the facts given and from the passion mentioned in John 2:17.

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