And you too, my faithful partner, I want you to help these women; for they have worked hard with me to spread the gospel, together with Clement and all my other fellow workers, whose names are in God’s book of life. Phil 4:1-3 Paul refers …
The Life Of The Age To Come Gems
Bible Gem 1987 – To Whom was Paul Referring? We vs They (Phil 3:17-21)
Keep on imitating me, 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 …
Bible Gem 1986 – Enemies of Christ or Enemies of the Cross of Christ? (Phil 3:18)
For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. Phil 3:18 The Macro Questions to keep in mind: Why does Paul …
Bible Gem 1981 – How Do I Get Eternal Life (ZoÄ“)? (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 1980 – What is the Heavenly Prize? (Phil 3:14)
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. [NLT] Phil 3:14 We seem to have danced around the meaning of the Heavenly Prize. Just what is the heavenly prize …
Bible Gem 1927 – A Surprise in the Midst of the Majestic Passage (Phil 2:6)
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the …
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 630 – Pulling the Pieces Together at the Big Picture Level (Eph 1:11-14)
I thought it would be helpful if I zoomed out from the minutiae of the detailed analysis for a moment to enable you to take in the grandeur of what Paul is writing here. Below are the last few Gems I have written for you. …
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 958 – Thy Kingdom Come (Luke 11:2 / Matt 9:10)
May your Kingdom come, or in other words, be established on this earth. Does this connect back to Jesus words about the Kingdom of God being “near” and “now”? Disciples, pray in the coming of the Kingdom of God. Yes, in Jesus First Coming, there …