The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually —- Though the full fruit of the new covenant still awaits Israel as a […]
"In the Spirit"
The following has been adapted from the devotionals of F.E. Marsh, a new resource coming soon to the Blue Letter Bible! Christians are in the Spirit…. …as Warriors, walking in the Spirit. “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16) …as Redeemed Ones, continuing in the Spirit. […]
Christian Contentment
“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” (Philippians 4:11-12) The […]
The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? —– To properly consider the new covenant, we should begin by looking at the promise of it in ages past. In […]
Emphatic Negations in Hebrews 6: Part 2 (Comparing Hebrews 6 with Luke 8)
Other posts in this series: Part 1: three verbs that describe someone who has encountered Jesus Christ The next phrase in Hebrews 6:6 is crucial in understanding what is being described here, and that is, “since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame.” The verbs “crucify” and […]
The New Covenant: What is it?
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction —– From trusting your own sufficiency to trusting God’s sufficiency The change from trusting one’s own sufficiency to trusting upon God’s sufficiency is a wondrous shift in […]
The Priesthood of Christ
The following has been adapted from the devotionals of F.E. Marsh, a new resource coming soon to the Blue Letter Bible! Christ, as our Savior, speaks of His saving grace. Christ, as our High Priest, tells of our His sustaining grace. Christ, as our High Priest, is seen in the Epistle to the Hebrews, as the: […]
Godly Living, God’s Sufficiency, and the New Covenant
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Not many would argue that God has saved us from death by grace (Ephesians 2:4-5). But what about about our growth toward Christlikeness in the Christian life? Is this now up to us? Or […]
Emphatic Negations in Hebrews 6
The following portion of Scripture has been, without any equivocation, one of the most hotly disputed passages in the Bible as a whole with regard to the assurance of eternal life, versus temporary life based on one’s performance as a professed believer in Jesus Christ. “For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and […]
How Does Someone Today Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
The following has been adapted from Don Stewart’s FAQs, a Q&A resource with thousands of entries available at the BLB. “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be […]