Tag: good news
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The Good News
Here begins the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1) Good News – Promise to Fulfillment The writer of the book of Hebrews in the New Testament tells us that God has revealed Himself in two stages that correspond to the Old Testament and the New Testament. The progression of revelation…
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First John 3:19-24: God is Righteous
Practicing Righteousness Provides Assurance of Fellowship 3:19 So this is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will be able to persuade our heart in ˹God’s˺ presence, 3:20 because if our heart condemns us, we know that God is greater than our heart and He knows all things. 3:21 Beloved, when…
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First John: Book Structure and Outline
This post continues a long series that comments on the New Testament book of First John. In this post I comment on some of the major elements of the structure and present an outline of the book. As noted in the previous post, First John was written to address a crisis that was disrupting the…
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Peace
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23) Word Focuspeaceεἰρήνη / eirēnē<Hear It> In this post I continue with comments about the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit is nine character…
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Good News
Here begins the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1) Word FocusGood Newsεὐαγγέλιονeuangelion<Hear It> Mark is a storyteller. His story in the New Testament about what Jesus did and said is simple, but vivid. It begins by stating that his account presents the Good News (εὐαγγέλιον / euangelion) about Jesus Christ.…
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