Talk of JESUS . com

Tag: Jesus

  • šā’ûl servant of the living Yeshua

    šā’ûl servant of the living Yeshua

    Saul’s defense of himself and the Gospel

    ἀπολογέομαι – apologeomai

    To the Greeks the Apostle to the gentiles is Παῦλος – Paulos or Paul. And to Romans encountering this fellow Roman citizen from Tarsus certainly fluent in the Latin of their heritage, the Apostle would be called Paulus.

    But to the Aramaic Jews of Jerusalem and Judea this illusive convert to Jesus of Nazareth is well-known as Sha’ul, the same name as Saul, Israel’s first king.

    It is now about A.D. 59 or 60. Some thirty years ago JESUS had fore-warned the Twelve:

    “Now when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say..

    Gospel of Luke 12:11 LSB

    Two years later the Jews had stoned Stephen to death for proclaiming the risen Christ Jesus. Saul had been a young witness to this unjust execution and a leading authority in bringing many followers of The Way to justice for five years – that is, until the Lord met him on a road to Damascus.

    Saul disappears for a time and then makes his own defense to Peter and those in Jerusalem.

    And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were attempting to put him to death.

    Acts 9:29 LSB 

    All this prior to the Apostle being sent out to all the world of the gentiles on three missionary journeys for ten years.

    So now back in Jerusalem by intention, the Apostle has already been detained by the Jews and held by the Romans.

    Most Excellent Felix – Tertullus for the Prosecution

    And when the governor [Felix] had nodded for him to speak, Paul answered:

    “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make G626 [apologeomai] my defense G626

    Acts of the Apostles 24

    Two more years and another administration – Porcius Festus

    “.. while Paul said G626 in G626 his own defense G626 [to Festus {who is also present here}], “I have committed no sin either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

    Acts of the Apostles 25

    Saul’s third apologeomai before Herod Agrippa

    In Acts 25 Paul is brought before the Governor Festus with Herod Agrippa II and his Herodian sister Bernice with great pomp (even though the Apostle has already appealed to Caesar

    Agrippa said to Sha’ul,
    “You may speak for yourself.”

    Then Sha’ul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

    Acts of the Apostles 26:1 Hebrew Names Bible

    Saul addressing King Herod Agrippa –

    Jew to fellow Jew

    continuing in his complimentary introduction:

    Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

    Acts 26:3 KJV 

    Remember, Paul is speaking of events beginning some twenty years ago.

    My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

    Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

    And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

    Acts 26:4-7 KJV 

    Paul addresses the "Jewish" king caught in the middle of controversaries between the Saduccees, Pharasees and pagan Romans not part of the promise of the One God to Abraham.

    Testimony of the Resurrection

    The Apostle now confronts Herod Agrippa with the politically divisive question concerning the Messiah Jesus.

    Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

    Acts of the Apostles 26:8 KJV

    “Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

    And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

    Acts 26:9-11 NKJV

    What’s Paul doing here?

    The Apostle is confessing that as a leading Pharisee he was one of them – agreed with them – as zealous to put to death these blasphemers of Yahweh as now they seek to have Paul killed for his witness of the risen Messiah Yeshua.

    Herod Agrippa knows the Jesus controversy well. And Paul’s defense now presents evidence of why he has turned from his former disbelief (in the resurrection of the Messiah Jesus of Nazareth). So šā’ûl of Tarsus recounts his journey to Damascus and life-changing encounter with the risen Lord Jesus, the crucified Messiah.

    Saul sent out as the Apostle Paul 

    Luke has previously recorded Paul's account (Acts 9:1–19; 22:6–16).
    • I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
    • At midday I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun,
    • We all fell to the ground
    • I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew dialect:

    ‘Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

    Acts 26:14b Hebrew Names Version

    Herod Agrippa would understand the significance of the Voice from heaven Who communicates with Paul in Hebrew. Sha’ul asks what any man might ask of an unknown person speaking:

    Τίς εἶ κύριε

    (tis ei Kyrios) Who are you, Lord?

    And He said (in the Greek of Luke’s account of Acts of the Apostles)

    egō eimi iēsous

    Or in the Hebrew šā'ûl likely heard from the Lord:

    ănî yᵊhôšûaʿ

    “He said,

    ‘I am Yeshua, whom you are persecuting.

    Acts 26:15 b Hebrew Names Version

    Yeshua, the risen Son of God, commissions Paul 

    As Paul knows, Herod Agrippa II, with his Roman and Jewish cultural upbringing, will full-well know and understand the implication of what he is about to say. (And note that this Voice from heaven commands Saul as a King (like Herod Agrippa) would command any subject.

    And He said,

    ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    But rise and stand on your feet;

    for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.

    Acts 26:14-15 NKJV

    Remember, Paul has already been witnessing Christ crucified and risen on three missionary journeys since about AD 47 (more than ten years after Christ's crucifixion in Jerusaalem) until now (~AD 59) for some twelve years.

    ‘I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

    Acts 26:17-18 NKJV – account to Agrippa of the commissioning of Paul by the risen Christ Jesus

    It is significant that in sending Saul to the Gentiles that the Lord mentions their redemption – Gospel Good News!

    The Lord Jesus also points to our deliverance from original sin and Satan.

    And do not overlook His mention of holiness and how Jew and Gentile will now receive sanctification.

    Sanctification 

    Just a reminder of God's HOLINESS and that of CHRIST JESUS

    ἁγιάζω – hagiazō –

    • to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow
    • to separate from profane things and dedicate to God
      • consecrate things to God
      • dedicate people to God
    • to purify

    From hagos G40 (an awful thing) – sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):—(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

    Source: Lexicon :: Strong’s G37 – hagiazō – BlueLetterBible.org

    21st century Common Era christians tend to overlook Jesus’ role in sanctification of the redeemed saints of Christ, therefore missing the mark of showing ourselves saved from the sin so common in all of us.

    Roger@TalkofJesus.com

    OPEN YOUR EYES – SEE the implication of what the Lord says to Saul of Tarsus that changed him for all eternity:

    to open their eyes, 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.’

    Acts 26:18 RSV

    Are YOU, like Saul, a SAINT — a most HOLY thing — 

    by FAITH in the LORD CHRIST JESUS?

    Paul asks the Lord’s question of Agrippa and of Portus Festus.

    The Apostle asks JESUS’ question of you who seek forgiveness of your sins somewhere else than by faith in the Person of Him – the risen Christ Jesus.

    Next: Agrippa and Festus reject Christ

    Comment on Scripture – Share the Gospel

  • Death Put Under the Authority of God —Resurrection — in Order

    Death Put Under the Authority of God —Resurrection — in Order

    For God has put everything under his feet.

    1 Corinthians 15:27a CSB

    How can this include DEATH?

    Is death not the antithesis of LIFE —decay into deep darkness the defeat of created man?

    How can the resurrection of the dead — even those martyred in Christ — take place?

    The Apostle Paul continues to address the concerns of the Corinthian church putting all things in order and now addressing THE END.

    The Order of Resurrection

    The apostle to the gentiles (Hellenists, that is, Greeks including Corinthians) began his logical argument with
    The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection and logically continued to connect those facts.

    And Now the News – Resurrection of the Dead

    LAST TIME, we ended with Paul’s astounding opening statement about death and resurrection about an ORDER of the Resurrection:

    Then comes the end…

    1 Corinthians 15:24a CSB

    I stumbled over it. Do you?

    THE END…

    Isn’t DEATH, after all, the end?

    And in the end
    The love you take
    Is equal to the love
    You make…

    “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
    All good children go to heaven…
    Everybody’s laughing
    Everybody’s happy
    Here come the Sun King…

    Of course, we all have much anti-Christ philosophy replaying in the mortal minds of our imaginings (it isn’t hard to do..).

    The cultural challenges of the resurrection were no less for Paul and the Corinthians than the Promethean philosophical objections of the 20th century and this Common Era. 

    AGAIN, as we first addressed in the Facts:

    Cultural ‘science‘ of Promethean Logic

    Prometheus, in Greek religion, one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire. His intellectual side was emphasized by the apparent meaning of his name, Forethinker. In common belief he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connection he was associated with fire and the creation of mortals.

    Source: Britannica

    Perhaps they also hope against hope that these things aren’t really so..

    in a self-deceived way..

    the problem here is not merely cognitive..

    but.. Promethean…

    from WARRANTED CHRISTIAN BELIEF PP290-294

    NO – Death is NOT ‘The End.’

    The Apostle Paul will address this — DEATH and its threats did not phase him and should not prevent those possibly facing martyrdom for claiming Jesus Christ and the resurrection to the crowds of Corinth.

    What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus?

    If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

    1 Corinthians 15:32 ESV

    Paul has emphasized order in worship and now, the Apostle even presents an order in the resurrection of the dead, rather than random godless chaos without form.

    1 Corinthians 15: 

    King James Version

    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

    1 Cor 15:3-4 KJV

    But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

    v. 20

    AND what were the instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Twelve sent to some with the Gospel?

    The Fruit of Faith (an illustration from a parable of Jesus)

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

    But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

    from Gospel of Luke 12:19-20 KJV

    And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear:

    Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

    Gospel of Luke 12:4-5 KJV – Jesus on death and judgment 

    Some foreboding in our Lord's call to stand up to death — is there not?

    Saul of Tarsus & the fearless witness of Paul

    When Paul had met the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, Christ’s new apostle to the gentiles came to understand the reality of WHY those Saul had previously persecuted and killed had not changed their testimony — even as these saints of Ephesus or Corinth faced mortal death.

    (And remember Stephen as he was stoned to death in Jerusalem?)

    Just three or four years after he writes to the Corinthians, Paul also will witness the resurrection to King Herod Agrippa II, hearing his case brought by the Jews until Paul appeals to Caesar.

    Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come— that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

    Acts of the Apostles 26:22-23 NKJV

    Christ the firstfruits of Resurrection

    For as in Adam all die, even so 

    in Christ shall all be made alive.

    But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

    1 Corinthians 15:22-23 KJV

    WHAT AN ILLUSTRATON! — āḏām [man – אָדָם] — made in the image of God — now mortal and re-destined to dust — in Christ (and Christ alone) redeemed and revived from DEATH — death, common to every creature made alive for a time by God.

    Let me explain the REIGN of Christ, Paul reasons:

    Once again, in the more AUTHORITIVE-sounding King James Version, let's examine Paul's text in words provoking push-back from Christians unaccustomed to such absolute authority of a most-powerful King.

    Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father;

    when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

    For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

    1 Corinthians 15:24-25 KJV

    IS this the JESUS we know?

    Afterward —The Whole Harvest

    At the same time the wicked shall rise also. But they are not taken here into the account.

    v. 23

    Then — After the resurrection and the general judgment. Cometh the end — Of the world..

    When he shall have delivered up the kingdom to the Father, and he (the Father) shall have abolished all adverse rule, authority and power — Not that the Father will then begin to reign without the Son, nor will the Son then cease to reign…

    But this is spoken of the Son’s mediatorial kingdom.. which will then commence.

    John Wesley; Parallel Commentary on the NEW TESTAMENT, p.580

    John Wesley provides explanation and delineation of the roles of the Father and of the Son — in the time between the resurrection of ALL the dead and prior to the Judgment — and until the end. 

    The King James Bible Commentary provides additional insight into Paul's explanation to the Corinthians of the end time.

    ” The logic is inescapable.

    KJB Commentary on 1 COR 15:14 , p.1496

    If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain.

    The proclamation of the Gospel (vs.1-11) is hollow. Not only that, but your faith is .. ‘groundless.’

    Faith in a dead saviour is both preposterous and pathetic.

    ibid. 

    Much in the way Wesley's explanation of 'Who does what?' helps us, the KJB commentary also guides our understanding of the order of THE END [vs.23-26].

    The end refers to he end of the kingdom of God. At that time he will have put down all rule.

    27-28 .. However two facts must be accounted for here:

    • First, when Paul say s that the Son is subject to the Father he is not speaking of the Son in terms of his essence, but in terms of his function, or ministry, as the incarnate Son.
    • Second.. At this present time the administration of the messianic kingdom is given to the Son.
      • However, at the conclusion of the messianic kingdom this function will be returned to the triune God that God may be all in all.

    ibid.

    WE don’t trust God, because of many who have claimed God — or Christ Jesus — in ways worthy of our suspicion.

    Roger@TalkofJesus.com

    The Apostle Paul is trying to show the Corinthians (and us) something about the order of God we do not understand, as well as the Authority all flesh tends to resist.

    ὑποτάσσω – ‘Put under’ (in order)

    Believe only Scripture and an order of the resurrection makes sense in the redemptive providential plan of God.

    Misapply portions of the Gospel or add an oversimplified imagined LIFE after death without consequence for opposing God and your gospel claims will prove false — Promethean in the sense that you know that it can NOT be true (but you continue to hope that it is).

    Take a look at the Biblical use of the word — hypotassō — primarily a military term that Paul uses NINE TIMES here IN TWO VERSES:

    1 Corinthians 15:25-28 — For He must reign…

    v.26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

    For he hath put G5293 all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under G5293 him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put G5293 all things under G5293 him.

    And when all things shall be subdued G5293 unto him, then shall G5293 the Son also himself be subject G5293 unto him that put G5293 all things under G5293 him, that God may be all in all.

    1 Corinthians 15:27-28 KJV — Lexicon :: Strong’s G5293 – hypotassō

    How does New Testament Scripture use this term [ὑποτάσσω]?

    • to arrange under, to subordinate
    • to subject, put in subjection
    • to subject one’s self, obey
    • to submit to one’s control
    • to yield to one’s admonition or advice
    • to obey, be subject
    Personally, most of us (including Christians) do not like any part of this kind of order.

    Let every soul be subject G5293 unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

    Romans 13:1 KJV

    How are YOU, dear saint of Christ, doing with that?

    YES, the Apostle Paul — put under Christ — obediently presents the resurrection of the body in order.

    NEXT, he will talk about the resurrection body. And shortly Paul will urge the saints of Corinth to submit to those who have labored with the Apostle bringing forth the firstfruits of Achaia [16:15-16].

    What do you think?

    (logically and Biblically, of course) about the order of DEATH and the Resurrection?

    Are you prepared to die daily (along with Paul) for the Lord Christ Jesus?

    Comment on Scripture – Share the Gospel

  • From Palm Sunday to Pentecost

    From Palm Sunday to Pentecost

    No, your not looking at the wrong picture.

    NEXT – Pentecost 2025 of the Common Era 

    Doesn't Holy Week from Palm Sunday to EASTER look about the same every year?

    I wrote a SERIES for Lent last year too — which of course culminated with Easter Sunday.

    King for a Common Era Holy Week – 1
    Check it out (from Easter, 2024) if you'd like. 
    SON-MAN RISEN!

    And my LATEST POSTS in 2025 CE reflect an OLD TESTEMENT approach to LENT, also concluding with a look at Resurrection Sunday.

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3:16 green man

    Our focus for EASTER 2025 CE has been from the Gospel of John (just before your familiar memorized verse).

    Gospel of John 3:14 ESV

    Lifted up + Earthly things you do not believe

    But what did JESUS do next?

    IF you have READ my 2025 CE EASTER post (above), then you may realize that the GOSPEL — in John’s case — has been preached for a number of years.

    ~ A.D. 85 – the Gospel of APOSTLE JOHN

    Do the math and you will easily see that since Christ rose from death sometime around AD 30-33 according to most historical estimates, then EASTER had been celebrated by saints of The Way for OVER 50 YEARS by the time the Apostle recorded:

    • his Gospel,
    • three epistles to the Church and
    • the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John!
      • – with specific mention of the witness of saints of seven churches as examples to us.

    To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs,

    appearing to them over a period of forty days

    and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

    Acts of the Apostles 1:3 NASB95

    φανερόω – JESUS Manifested

    After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way:

    .. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

    Gospel of John 21:1 ,14 CSB

    The Apostle Peter writes:

    He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.

    1 Peter 1:20 CSB

    And last of all — as to the untimely birth — he appeared also to me, writes the Apostle Paul.

    1 Corinthians 15:8 YLT

    • JESUS’ historical crucifixion on a Roman cross is an undisputable fact.
    • Christ’s resurrection after three days — in His recognizable resurrection body, with the wounds of the Cross –– and in the very Spirit of the same JESUS of Nazareth — the Son of Man known personally to hundreds of disciples and thousands of first century witnesses — is true and verifiable fact REJECTED by those who also deny the One Living God of all creation and all of its created.

    “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

    ..but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

    Gospel of John 17a,18b CSB

    “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

    Gospel of John 3:14-15 CSB

    Lifted up + Earthly things you do not believe

    Father, Son and Pentecost

    John closes his proclamation and witness of Apostolic Good News:

    This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his {Jesus’] testimony is true. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the [scrolls] that would be written.

    Gospel of John 21:24-25 CSB

    JESUS also said,

    “..The one who has seen me has seen the Father. 

    AND as you know from our 2025 Easter post, the Lord challenged Nicodemus:

    “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.”

    Now through the testimony of both Peter and John recorded by Luke in Acts of the Apostles we will glance at the Trinity and introduction of the Spirit on Pentecost ~AD 33.

    40 days, and then Pentecost

    And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

    .. they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

    [Two angels instructed the Eleven]

    ..” This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

    Excerpt from ACTS of the Apostles 1 BSB 

    Are you who do not believe intimidated by that? 

    Perhaps you should believe in the Lord Christ Jesus, who will return finally for the Judgment.

    The Holy Spirit at Pentecost – 

    The following from Bible Hub Book Summary of ACTS 2: 

    Please consider its Gospel application in your own brief mortal life. - RH

    Acts 2 is a powerful chapter that introduces the Holy Spirit’s dynamic presence in the lives of believers and demonstrates the transformation it brings. The followers of Jesus move from being a fearful, waiting group to a bold, active community witnessing for Christ. The chapter underscores the compelling power of the Gospel message and the magnetic draw of a loving, unified, and Spirit-led community. This chapter serves as a timeless model for the Church, inspiring us to be led by the Spirit, devoted to God’s Word, committed to fellowship, and actively involved in meeting the needs of those around us.

    On the Day of Pentecost, the disciples are together when a sound like a violent wind fills the house, and they see what seems to be tongues of fire that separate and rest on each of them. Filled with the Holy Spirit, they start to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enables them. A diverse crowd gathers, bewildered because each person hears their native language spoken. Some are amazed and wonder what it means, while others mock the disciples, suggesting they are drunk.

    https://biblehub.com/bsb/acts/2.htm

    πεντηκοστή – Pentecost = “the fiftieth day”

    WE love festivals, don’t we? Pentecost was another festival that brought the Jews to Jerusalem a little over a month after the Passover feast. 

    more...
    • ~ AD 33

    When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.

    ACTS of the Apostles 2:1 CSB

    • ~ AD 55

    Paul writes to the Corinthians,

    “But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

    • ~ AD 57

    For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.

    Acts of the Apostles 20:16 CSB

    Sailing Home on the Aegean

    The CHURCHES and their saints in every place have become dear to the Apostles — including Paul.

    But for those early years after the RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus Christ +++ Pentecost continued to provide evidence and witness of the Trinity – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

    Twenty years after Christ’s ascension now — twenty years after the first signs of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem on Pentecost — and during the remaining years of the mortal lives of the Apostles PENTECOST provided the saints of The Way a gospel witness of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — who will come again in GLORY at the last Day.

    What’s NEXT in our witness to the world in 2025 CE?

    • Lord-willing, in MAY 2025 TalkofJESUS series from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians will continue.
      • (We will not continue in Paul’s second letter.)
    Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians – Featured Series
    • 2025 CE Summer TOPICAL SERIES to be announced
    • August 2025 – some personal updates from Roger Harned, our author and moderator of TalkofJESUS.com
    • AND, of course, more DOCTRINE for your discernment
      • & SCRIPTURE as written with secure links to our sources from better theologians than me.

    Talk of JESUS . com

    Comment on Scripture – Share the Gospel

    (You who believe)