A Wonderful Day in the Lord

We continue to study important words, concepts, and phrases found in the New Testament especially that help us understand how to live, understand God Himself, and who we are in Christ. We are looking at a lot of different words and it’s appropriate that we would look at the word, Word! John 1 uses the Greek word logos here. It is used only by the apostle John in the gospel of John, and it is not f...

We have been looking at the meaning of specific words found in the scriptures to help us understand the Christian life and God. The word we are looking at today is especially related to God Himself. It is the word glorify. It is a wonderful word that speaks of radiance, majesty, and honor. Originally it had the idea of weight. Describing something weighty or heavy, and therefore of great importanc...

Our word for today is the word repent. This is a word that is often misunderstood, and it is a vital piece of the Christian life. The word itself simply means to change your mind about something, but it is used in a biblical and spiritual sense as changing our minds about something that results in a change in the way we live. So, it’s kind of like walking in one direction and then turning around a...

We are continuing to work through biblical words and terms, and we are looking at some of the great teachings of scripture found in the words of scripture. It is important that we do these kinds of word studies and see them in context and see how they are used so we understand how God wants us to live. Today we are going to look at the word baptism or baptize. You will find the word baptize many t...

I’m sure you have heard it said that there are three great enemies of the Christian: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The devil is a personal being who controls the world system, and he desires for us to be sinners. Therefore, he draws us toward the things of the world and the things of the flesh. Last time we looked at the word world, or the Greek word cosmos, which often means the world syst...

It is important and helpful to understand the meaning of words found in the Bible and their meaning in the context of the scriptures. This is important for understanding the meaning in the Christian life. Today’s word is world, which is the Greek word cosmos. It is found 188 times in the New Testament. The problem with the word cosmos is that it can be used more than one way which can cause confus...

Our final word this week we are looking at two words that overlap. The words trespass and sin. In Ephesians 2:1, it puts these two words in the same sentence and says, “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins.” I think we often just couple those two words together and think of them as being synonymous terms. They are not quite synonymous. They give us a full picture of our sinfulness. Let’s...

Our word today is forgiveness. What a sweet and important word. This word is incredibly valuable to us. We love it when we think about forgiveness. It is an issue that permeates every aspect of life. Without forgiveness there is a hardness, bitterness, and conflict. With forgiveness, so many things can be resolved. We are so grateful that forgiveness is one of the aspects of what the Lord gives us...

Today’s word is the beautiful word of adoption. In Ephesians 1:4-5 says, “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.” We find that word adoption in Ephesians as one of the benefits that we have in coming to C...

Our word today is regeneration. This word is more common to us than propitiation, at least in our Christian world. This word is found primarily in Titus 3:5 which says, “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” As we look at this verse, we see Christ saved us, not accordi...

We are looking at important theological, or biblical words that are important to our faith and understanding the Christian life in each lesson. We have already looked at five other words. We are going to look at the fancy word of propitiation this time. This word is so out of sync with our vocabulary that many of the newer translations don’t even translate it as propitiation. They say something li...

We are looking at Romans 5 for our word reconciliation which is not a word that is commonly used in everyday language although it is occasionally used. In the biblical terminology, we are looking at reconciliation with God. Our great need ultimately is to be reconciled with God. If you think of the whole picture of salvation, our problem is that because we are sinners we are alienated from a right...

Our word for today is justification. We are looking at important words found in scripture. We are going to look at Romans 3:23-24 which says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. We saw that word redeemed or redemption last time. The Lord purchases us out of the slave market of sin and sets...

Our word last time was depravity which is moral and complete corruption of our very nature. We were born sinners. We can do nothing to make ourselves right before God and all that leads to the things that Jesus Christ had to do for us so that we could be right before Him. Redemption is not a common word in our secular language. We do use it occasionally, but we probably have a different understand...

The first word we will look at is depravity. That is kind of a negative start, but it will lay the foundation for a very positive week to come. We are looking at Romans 3:10-18 and we will find that depravity basically means corrupt. You might hear the term total depravity which is the idea that every aspect of our being is depraved or corrupt. Let’s read Romans: “as it is written, ‘There is none...

In this series, we are going to talk about a word from the Lord. We all need a word from the Lord, don’t we? As a matter of fact, a secondary purpose behind all that we are doing in these series is to encourage one another to be in the Word every day. So, if you get up every morning and read this series, that is not enough to really walk with Christ like you should. It’s a starter, like a vitamin...

We are going to close out our discussion of hell on a very positive note: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO HELL! The Lord Jesus Christ came to save us so that we are rescued from the wrath of God and the judgment that we rightly deserve for our sinfulness. So, we want to talk about that for just a moment. How can you avoid hell and eternal separation from God? How can you avoid the judgment that we rightl...

We continue to look at the issue of hell. We have looked at some false views, word definitions and why people go to hell. This time, I want to look at what hell is like. We must approach this humbly. We have a number of pictures and teachings, but to actually comprehend hell and what it is really like is no more possible for us on this side of eternity than it is to comprehend heaven. We looked at...

We are continuing looking at what the eternal destiny for the unbeliever looks like. We looked at some false views and some words that are translated in Scripture as hell and the differences in those words. Our question today is: Why is God going to send people to hell? We start with this. God is a holy God, and we are sinners. So, the primary reason why people go to hell is because they are unrig...

This is our second session of addressing what happens to the unbeliever when they pass away. Last time we looked at a number of false views not found in Scripture concerning the destiny of the unbeliever. Today, I want to look at some of the key words that are used for the afterlife. 1. Sheol. This is a word that is found in the Hebrew and the Old Testament. It is all over the Old Testament. We co...

It is only fair before we complete the subject of Revelation and heaven to look at what eternity is like for those who rejected Jesus Christ. So, we are going to spend the next five lessons looking at life for eternity for the unbeliever. I want to start with some false views. People have often and still do try to sidestep the whole issue of eternal punishment and eternal judgment of hell. We unde...

As we finish talking about what heaven is like, we are going to look at a little different issue today. That is what happens at the moment when we die. We have been talking mostly about what is the eternal state like, and what it will be like in eternity for us, but everyone throughout history and most of us, if the Lord doesn’t return very soon, will die and then we will not be in the eternal sta...

As we think about what heaven is like, I want to remind you in Revelation 21 it talks not only about the new heaven and the new earth and the new Jerusalem. Our primary abode in eternity will be the new Jerusalem on the new earth. The new heaven is a part of that, but new Jerusalem is where we will reside. So, we are looking at what the eternal state will look like. Our question today is: Who will...

We have looked at what we will look like in heaven, our appearance, and our age. Last time we talked about marriage and family relationships in heaven. Today we are going to look in Isaiah 11. We want to move now to another subject on the minds of a lot of people. That is animals. I don’t know how many people I have talked to that believe or hope that their animal, Fido or Fluffy, or whoever they...

We continue looking at what eternity will be like for us. The question we are addressing is what will heaven be like? We are looking at various topics on that subject. Today is marriage. This is going to kind of bank off of what we did last time concerning our appearance and our relationships in heaven. Marriage is an interesting one. In the gospel of Matthew 22, the Sadducees, which is a sect of...