Tagged: Bible Study

“A blind man sat at the side of the road begging. Hearing a crowd go by the man asked, ‘What is that?’ The answer came that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.” –Luke 18:35-37 Imagine if you were color-blind and nearsighted with impaired peripheral vision. Could you see? Yes. Would you need healing of your vision? Absolutely. Likewise, we can see spiritually but “we see indistinctly, as in a mirror” (1 Cor 13:12). We should not let the fact that we have some vision keep us from crying out to Jesus for vision good enough to live His abundant life....

“When you see these things happening, you will know that He is near, even at the door.” –Mark 13:29 Immediately before the end of the world, we will have “trials of every sort” (Mk 13:24). “It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time” (Dn 12:1). “Indeed, had the Lord not shortened the period, not a person would be saved. But for the sake of those He has chosen, He has shortened the days” (Mk 13:20). We will see a mass apostasy from our Christian faith, as the “man of lawlessness,” the Anti-Christ, is revealed...

“I tell you, He will give them swift justice.” –Luke 18:8 There’s a certain kind of prayer that results in “swift justice.” God will not delay long over us when we pray in this way (Lk 18:7). In this way of prayer, we call out to God “day and night” (Lk 18:7) and realize that at all times, even at the best of times, we are in desperate need of God. In this prayer, we cry out: “Save us by Your power, and help me, who am alone and have no one but You, O Lord” (Est C:25). We pray...

“It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.” –Luke 17:30 The end of the world will be like the time of Noah insofar as most people will be oblivious to their imminent destruction (Lk 17:27; see also Lk 17:28-29). The end of the world will not only be surprising but quick. There will be no time to do anything at the last minute (Lk 17:31). The only way to be ready for the end of the world and for Jesus’ final coming is to lose our lives for love of Jesus (Lk 17:33). We...

“Passing into holy souls from age to age, [Wisdom] produces friends of God and prophets. For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom.” –Wisdom 7:27-28 To be “friends of God and prophets,” we must be wise (Wis 7:27). To live in God’s love (Jn 15:10), we must be wise (Wis 7:28). To defeat wickedness rather than be defeated by it, we must be wise (Wis 7:30). Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah and His people would have “a spirit of wisdom” (Is 11:2). Christ crucified is “the power of God and the wisdom of God”...