Hebrews 6:1-3 "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this... Continue Reading →

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Matthew 22:29 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God." Paul is coming to draw a line in the sand.... Continue Reading →

Hebrews 5:7 Who [Jesus] in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; The things we will uncover in this section will be very hard for many to... Continue Reading →

I believe the following: In order to truly understand the end.... you need to have at least a 'very good grasp' of the beginning. The first thing out of my mouth when people say they are going to study Revelation is, "have you spent enough time in Genesis?" In the second part of this series... Continue Reading →

Recalling Paul's urgency we have to look at his words very closely in these passages is to filter them through the first century Pharisee's trained eyes. "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession." Paul wasn't stating... Continue Reading →

Man O Man does the church love to quote this one... Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God* is quick**, and powerful***, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the... Continue Reading →

Hebrews 4:1 "Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." God has prepared for all of mankind an Everlasting Gospel that remains unchanged from the "foundations of the world." The Everlasting (for all of the existence) Gospel (good... Continue Reading →

In previous blogs I have written about the Terms and Conditions, the EULA and some mighty Big But's that exist within the Scriptures. Here are a few IF's and Then's to go with ... First is where we pick up our study in verse 14 where the "then" comes first ... Hebrews 3:14 "For we... Continue Reading →

A quick recap: Paul starts off chapter 3 with these words... "partakers of the heavenly calling". This is the therefore he is referring to... and it is what WE are here for.... Later in the book/letter Paul will discuss the grafting in of all mankind to the faith 'once delivered' to the saints. Here, he... Continue Reading →