Our faith walk: warfare
2 Timothy 2:3-4 ‘Take your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.’ The analogy the Bible uses…
Our faith walk: warfare
2 Timothy 2:3-4 ‘Take your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.’ The analogy the Bible uses […]
Our faith walk: a wrestling match
Ephesians 6:12 ‘We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.’ A wrestling match is a very intense picture of a struggle. God’s Word translation: ‘This is not a wrestling match […]
Our faith walk: a wrestling match
Ephesians 6:12 ‘We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.’ A wrestling match is a very intense picture of a struggle. God’s Word translation: ‘This is not a wrestling match…
Our faith walk: a fight
1 Timothy 6:12 ‘Fight the good fight of the faith.’ The original Greek word for this term ‘fight’ is ‘agon’ meaning a struggle in the soul from which we get the English word agony or agonize. And we should handle the fight as one who recognizes that he has an adversary. It is not just…
Our faith walk: a fight
1 Timothy 6:12 ‘Fight the good fight of the faith.’ The original Greek word for this term ‘fight’ is ‘agon’ meaning a struggle in the soul from which we get the English word agony or agonize. And we should handle the fight as one who recognizes that he has an adversary. It is not just […]
Our faith walk: a race
Hebrews 12:1 ‘And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.’ In the Amplified Bible it says: ‘and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us!’ The term RACE speaks of an athletic contest, but the Greek original…
Our faith walk: a race
Hebrews 12:1 ‘And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.’ In the Amplified Bible it says: ‘and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us!’ The term RACE speaks of an athletic contest, but the Greek original […]
The good reputation of the church in Colossians
THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR FAITH IN JESUS Colossians 1:4 We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus. This could mean that they had placed their faith in Jesus to save them. It could also mean that they had learned to place their faith in Jesus for everything they needed. I long to be full of […]
The good reputation of the church in Colossians
THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR FAITH IN JESUS Colossians 1:4 We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus. This could mean that they had placed their faith in Jesus to save them. It could also mean that they had learned to place their faith in Jesus for everything they needed. I long to be full of…