Producing a Hundred Times Yield In two instances, Jesus talks about a hundredfold return. The two lessons may be connected. The first hundredfold yield is in his parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, Mark 4:1-20, and Luke 8:1-15). The other hundredfold return is when he teaches about the reward for those who give up much for […]
Consider What the Bible Says About Salvation If you ask someone, “What must I do to be saved?” or “How do I become a Christian?” a common and perhaps frequent answer is you have to ask Jesus into your heart. While this isn’t entirely incorrect, it isn’t fully correct either. It’s also an answer that […]
We Can Control How We React The prophet Jeremiah is in Jerusalem. He writes a letter to the exiles in Babylon. Let’s not rush past the word exiles. These exiles suffered much. Exiled First, Babylon conquered the nation of Judah. Then it captured the people. Next it forcibly relocated most of them to a distant […]
Standing Before God’s Judgment Seat When you die, will you stand before God’s judgment seat to give an account of your life? Yes. Paul says we’ll all stand before our Lord to give an account of what we did (Romans 14:10-12). God’s Judgment Seat Does this idea of appearing before our Creator fill you with […]
Anticipating Eternal Life with Jesus As followers of Jesus we think about eternity. We especially anticipate eternal life with him. By faith, eternal life is a future reality that we expect to experience. The primary definition of eternity is time without a beginning or an end; it is infinite time. As such, eternity extends into […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 28 Today’s passage: Luke 16 Focus verse:“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” (Luke 16:31) The Bible records over three dozen parables that Jesus shares with his followers. In only a single […]
A Physical World and a Spiritual Reality We live in a physical world. We can interact with it through our senses. It is tangible. It is real. Contrast this to the spiritual realm. We exist in both physical and spiritual realms. While this is true, there is more—much more. There is a spiritual reality that […]
Is Your Name on the List? Chapter 2 in the book of Ezra overflows with names. We often skim it or may face the temptation to skip it altogether. Buried among this dizzying array of names is a sidenote that’s easy to miss, but it carries an important lesson. Many of the Israelite exiles prepare […]
Living Water Flows from God’s Temple and Is for Our Benefit In the Old Testament, the people perceived that God lived in the temple. They saw this as his residence on earth. To connect with him meant they had to go to the temple. As Ezekiel winds down his lengthy prophecy, the man in his […]
Discover the Key to Be Saved and Inherit Eternal Life In the Bible, when people seek Jesus to be saved and have eternal life, he gives them different instructions. This is perplexing. Let’s dig into it. The most common direction he gives them is to “follow me” (Luke 5:27). That is, we must follow Jesus. […]