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To which people did Jesus bring the “good news”?

In Matthew 10, Jesus instructed His disciples to bring the news of the Kingdom to Israel only: Matt. 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; Matt...
3 July 2018
Was the Law wholly fulfilled with Jesus’ death on the cross?

As you correctly point out, the Law is fulfilled in Christ. Christ Himself puts it this way: Matt. 5:17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Matt. 5:18 “For truly I say to you, u...
30 June 2018
Should we take literally Jesus’ command to “not call anyone on earth your father”?

Jesus was speaking literally in Matthew 23:1-10, but the meaning of His words are different than your interpretation. Here is the scripture in context: Matt. 23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, Matt. 23:2 saying: “The scribe...
28 June 2018
Where is Jesus in the Creation account?

In your study of Genesis 1 and John 1, you are moving in the right direction, though you have not come to the right conclusion. John constructed his Gospel to demonstrate Jesus as the fulfillment of various Old Testament pictures. Most of the chap...
26 June 2018
Was Jesus’ time in the desert literal?

First, proper interpretation of scripture depends on following certain rules (called hermeneutics) which guide a student into a proper view of the text. One of the rules of proper interpretation is the Golden Rule, which states that when the plain...
26 June 2018
What power did Jesus have on earth in human form?

The Bible testifies that Jesus as God voluntarily emptied Himself to assume the form of man: Phil. 2:6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, Phil. 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the ...
24 June 2018
When are you considered “saved?”

The Bible teaches clearly that the way to salvation is to believe in and confess Jesus as Lord: Rom. 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rom. 10:1...
16 January 2018
Wasn’t Adam cursed?

Mankind's eternal identity is not found in our flesh but in our spirit, as Paul explains in Romans 7: Rom. 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. R...
8 January 2018
Explain the timeline of Jesus’ birth and movements following birth?

The account of Jesus’ movements following His birth is far more complicated than many suppose. Looking at Matthew’s account we find: Matt. 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arri...
8 January 2018
When did Jesus receive the Holy Spirit?

The Gospels teach that Jesus received the Holy Spirit at the moment of John’s baptism. Prior to that moment, Jesus did not have the anointing of the Spirit of God. As John the Baptist explains: John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him an...
1 January 2018

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