Pastor's Blog
The popular concept that a mystery is something mysterious or secret tends to obscure the fact that it is not used in this way in Scripture. In the NT the word refers to divine truth which is now revealed after being hidden from men in OT days. It appears 27 times. In Matt. 13:11 Christ … Read more
The word missions does not appear in the Bible, but a vast revelation is given to the theme of missionary work. The words evangelist, Eph. 4:11, and witness, Acts 1:8, come closest in meaning to the subject. OT references to the divine purpose of having God’s Word proclaimed include Prov. 14:25-27; Isa. 6:8; cf. Acts … Read more
Only in the Bible can any satisfying light be found on the mysterious and baffling subjects of life and death, Deut. 30:19. In the beginning God breathed life into the nostrils of the man He had created, Gen. 2:7. That breath was the spirit of man. “The body without the spirit is dead,” Jas. 2:26. … Read more
The expression is found only in Matthew, where it appears about 30 times. It is derived from Dan. 2:44; 4:25, 32. The kingdom of God is also mentioned in Matthew, five times out of 70 occurrences in the NT. Some regard these two terms as identical because of similarities between them. Both are to be … Read more
God is a King. His kingdom is glorious, majestic, everlasting, Psa. 145:1, 11-13; Dan. 4:3. It is universal, “His kingdom ruleth over all,” from a throne in the heavens, Psa. 103:19. Mentioned some 70 times in the NT, the kingdom of God was the subject of Christ’s post-resurrection ministry, Acts 1:3, and that of the … Read more