Tag: faith

  • James – a Word on Works – 3

    In a visual word about works. James entreats us, “let everyone see your works,” in this proverb of James, ‘be doers of the word.’ What does it have to do with his initial advice, “Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials?” James details the connection as he continues…

    James 1:2-3 words meaning count or consider joy
  • Hebrews 11- a Genealogy of Faith

    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Faith is the Substance What is your greatest hope? Your eternal longing? ἐλπίζω elpizō – to hope How can you be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see? Matthew used this…

    Hebrews 1:1-2
  • Hebrews 6-Our Inheritance through Faith & Perseverance

    I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. Hebrews 6:14; Genesis 22:17 What an inheritance we expect from God! A blessing passed on from generation to generation, then unto us and eventually to our heirs. No chosen people can claim any inheritance like the Jews. From a detailed Commandment and covenants of…