Keep on imitating me2, my friends. Pay attention to those who follow the right example that we have set for you. I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ’s …
Eternal Life Gems
Bible Gem 1981 – How Do I Get Eternal Life (Zoē)? (Phil 3:10-16)
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained, or am already made …
Bible Gem 1978 – The Mind of a Champion; Who is the GOAT? (Phil 3:10-16)
My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained this – …
Bible Gem 1977 – Did Paul Actually Care About the Greek Games? (Phil 3:12-14)
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection1 for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting …
Bible Gem 1917 – Nevertheless I will Rejoice! (Philippians 1:18-26)
But that doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. Phil 1:18 The transition seen in verse 18 is remarkable. Paul shows the strength of his character in being able to keep …
Bible Gem 1104 – Like the Time of Noah and Lot (Luke 17:26-30)
“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all. And the …
Bible Gem 1090 – The Connection with the Word of God (Luke 5:38, 6:23-26, 11:38-42, 12:14, 14:22, 15:29, 16:16-18, 29-31)
Key: Eating / Drinking / Dining Tax Collectors / Sinners / judgementalism – Pharisees system Rich toward God / God’s Kingdom / heavenly system The Law, God’s principles, Word of God Mammon / Money / Greed Other interesting verses And Levi gave a big reception …
Bible Gem 996 – The Verse which Introduces the Parable (Luke 12:15)
Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15) (BBE) Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; …
Bible Gem 539 – Longing for Death (2 Cor 5:4-8)
While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed …
Bible Gem 10 – That Sparking Gem (John 1:14)
Now we come to a huge verse. One of my favourites in all of Scripture. John 1:14 (AMP) And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, …