Tag: Jesus

Jesus Christ Lord God with cross

Jesus IS God in Person.

He IS the promised Messiah of the Hebrew Scriptures – the Christ and hope of the gentiles.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God..

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

Gospel of John 1:1-2,14 KJV

 

 

  • I have finished my course – the Apostle Paul

    The Apostle now closes his final letter to Timothy noting that his course redirected by Christ on a road to Damascus so many years before — his marathon race of missions into all the world — indeed even the end of the Apostle’s mortal life is at hand. δρόμος – I am spent in the…

    a Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy - map of missionary journeys "I have finished my course. Paul"
  • 2 Timothy 3 Standing Strong against Apostasy

    Apostasy to fall away – The abandonment of one’s religion. The word apostasy is rarely found in the Eng. Bible.. But the reality expressed by the word is found frequently. Israel’s history was one of continual apostasy as the people deliberately turned away form the God who had redeemed them out of Egypt, and followed…

    Apostasy - pictured evil spirit - 2 Timothy 2:19 depart from wickedness, 1 Timothy 4:1
  • 2 Timothy 3 Danger Within during Difficult Times

    χαλεπός – chalepos – But Mark This: The Apostle Paul continues in his second epistle to pastors, beginning a central section we label, 2 TIMOTHY 3, with a reminder of danger announced in the NIV, “But mark this: ..” But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 Timothy 3:1 NIV…

    chelepos definition worker and CHURCH under construction 2 Timothy 3