Mark 10:49, “Take heart, rise, He is calling you.” A quick study shows that the Greek words translated “take heart,” appear in the NT only in relation to Jesus, specifically in instances where Jesus enters in to and meets someone in the midst of their darkness, fear, or suffering (Matt.9:2,22; 14:27, Mk.10:49, Acts 23:11). […]
Acts 20:35, “[the Lord Jesus himself] said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” It is happier, it is sweeter, it is more soul-healthy, it is more pleasurable to give than to receive. Pouring out is better than taking in, giving up is better than claiming for one’s own, releasing is better than
Acts 26:17-18, “I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” The crucified and risen Christ is proclaimed…the Spirit
Acts 13:27, 32-33, “For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize Him nor understand the utterance of the prophets…fulfilled them by condemning Him…..And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, this He has fulfilled…by raising Jesus [from the dead].” The prophecies and
Acts 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 20:35, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Because, in Christ, God shows Himself to be the Giver.
Discussion Guide: English | Português | Español | Interactive (English) Audio Español: Creation In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) …And God created mankind in His own image ….in the image of God he created them, male and female He created – us (Genesis 1:27). What can be known
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Acts 4:12,”…there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 20:35, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Short Thoughts: This principle is true only because the Triune God Himself—the most blessed of all—is the supreme Giver, as He declares definitively in the Son at the cross. Long Thoughts: What does it mean for something to be “more blessed”? Does it
Acts 9:31, “…walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit [the church] multiplied.” Short Thoughts: The Spirit’s work will only be a comfort to the one who fears the Lord, and only the one who fears the Lord will know the comfort of the Spirit. The Holy
