What does the resurrection mean for us? It gives us the assurance that just as he fulfilled his promise to rise from the dead, He will also fulfill His promise to return to take us with Him to where we one day will be: with Him in Heaven.
Akigawa Baptist Church
Sermons on Books of the Bible (Page 11)
Jesus’ love for us compelled him to let go of Heaven to be like us, to walk where we walk. But He didn’t just stop at where we are, in taking on himself humanity: Jesus chose to humble himself even lower to take on himself something that we couldn’t take on in our own strength.
The Bible shows us different ways that we can love others. It also reminds us that those are the very ways that we are loved by Jesus. One of these ways is in how we put others before ourselves because that is exactly what Jesus did for us.
How do we balance the liberty that is ours in our walk with Jesus and the responsibility of helping our brothers and sisters grow in their walk with Jesus?
As a Christian, have you ever wondered what to do when you face something that isn’t specifically mentioned in the Bible? What do you do when you’re not sure how to apply the truths of the Bible to an area of in your life? 1 Corinthians 8 gives us some guidelines to help us know…
In the last section of 1 Corinthians 7, Paul reminds us to see both marriage and singleness in this life in light of eternity. With this perspective, we can see an amazing benefit that those who are single get to take advantage of.
As Christians, we are able to find complete satisfaction wherever we are as we walk with Jesus, and we can find great meaning and purpose in whatever situation we are in as we serve Him. This gives us the freedom to not have to worry about where God planted us, but instead to simply bloom…
How does marriage work when both husband and wife are believers? And what about when either the husband or wife becomes a Christian, and the other one is not? How does that marriage work? Paul gives us very practical truths to help us in both situations in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16.
In the first part of 1 Corinthians 7, Paul shows us one of the ways in which we can more fully live with our spouses in our marriages, as well as to help us to see how to live life more fully as singles.
As those who are in Christ, we are part of two distinct kingdoms: one is the present kingdom, the one we’re living in right now. But we’re also part of a future glorious kingdom. 1 Corinthians 5 and 6 remind us that how we see our future kingdom will greatly impact how we live in…
