Daily Reading Out Loud The Psalms Series Quote “Why should men and women pay such a high price for damnation, when salvation is free?” -Anonymous Preface Psalm 25 is a prayer of David, who expresses his trust in God and desire for guidance and forgiveness. In the selected verses, we wish to discover this Psalm’s … [Read more…]
“Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” -Augustine of Hippo Featured Scripture An expository study of Hebrews 6:12;13-20 The Setting The community of believers in the Letters of Hebrews has several major challenges throughout Chapters 1-5. The issues that were threatening this and other communities … [Read more…]
Teaching Scripture Reference Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss, they are crucifying the … [Read more…]
Preface Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, provides Jewish, Messianic, and Christian faithful followers understanding of Jesus Christ and shares some profound theological and spiritual connections. While they are distinct in their practices and beliefs, there are ways in which Christ can be seen as representing the essence of Yom Kippur for non-Jewish believers. … [Read more…]
Preface Revelation 19:1-5 is a passage that contains a vision of heavenly worship. Within these verses, I have boldly highlighted six major words that I will communicate to those faithful followers of Messiah several spiritual lessons that encourage and provide hope. This blog post was inspired by a video by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. See … [Read more…]
Happy New Year “The blowing of the shofar represents a cry to awaken our souls and remind us of our purpose in life.” – Unknown At sunset tonight, Rosh Hashanah begins the marking of the “Head of the Year” and thus is the beautiful opportunity for each enlightened soul to begin shaping one’s spiritual direction … [Read more…]
A Personal Reflection, and Spiritual Analysis of Trusting in the Unseen During Life’s Storms Trusting is being confident of what we hope for, and convinced about things we do not see. It was for this that Scripture attested the merit of the people of old. Hebrews 11:1-2 Faith is interlaced with belief and great future … [Read more…]
A brief study of Messiah’s humanity as the spiritual source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him. Letters of Hebrews 5:7-8 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals, with loud cries and tears, to the One who had the power to deliver Him from death; and heard because of His godliness. Even … [Read more…]
A Better Pathway to God For this reason, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Hebrews 9:15 Hebrews 9:15 is a verse from the … [Read more…]
The Powerful Virtue of Perseverance In most cases, we all must experience hurts and disappointments to obtain invaluable wisdom and knowledge, we also are guaranteed to fall multiple times which is in harmony with our future ascension to great heights. Great deception has overtaken our senses when we arrogantly believe that we can always win … [Read more…]