The following is from the works of F.E. Marsh, a study series coming soon to the BLB. 1. Day of Christ… Yet to come. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:10). 2. Gospel of Christ… To be preached. “Only let your […]

(ad-o-noy’) Lord, Master Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament Adonai occurs 434 times. There are heavy uses of Adonai in Isaiah (e.g., Adonai Jehovah). It occurs 200 times in Ezekiel alone and appears 11 times in Daniel Chapter 9.Adonai is first used in Gen 15:2. Variant spellings: None TWOT Reference: 27b Strong’s Reference: 0136 Adonai in the Septuagint: kurios…Lord, Master Meaning and Derivation Adonai is the […]

The following is adapted from Robert Bowman, Jr.’s article The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity, available at the Blue Letter Bible commentaries. SOVEREIGNTY. Because the three persons have each other, we can be assured that God created us only to share the love they have and not as a means to His own end: […]

Here are 94 instances in which emphatic negations appear in the New Testament: Matthew 5:18; 5:20; 5:26; 10:23; 10:42; 13:14; 15:6; 16:22;16:28; 18:3; 23:39; 24:2; 24:21; 24:34; 24:35; 25:9; 26:29; 26:35 Mk. 9:1; 9:41; 10:15; 13:2;13:19; 13:30; 13:31; 14:25; 14:31; 16:18 Lk. 1:15; 6:37; 8:17; 9:27; 10:19; 12:59; 13:35; 18:7;18:17; 21:18; 21:32; 21:33; 22:16; 22:18; 22:67; 22:68 Jn. 4:14; 4:48; 6:35; 6:37; 8:12; 8:51;8:52; 10:5; 10:28; 11:26; 11:56; 13:8; 13:38; 18:11; 20:25 Acts 13:41; 28:26 Rom. 4:8 1 Co. 8:13 Gal. 5:16 1 Thess. 4:15; 5:3 Heb. 8:11; 8:12; 10:17; 13:5 1 Pet. 2:6 2 Pet. 1:10 Rev. 2:11; 3:3; 3:5; 3:12; 9:6; 15:4; 18:7; 18:14; 18:21; 18:22; 18:23; 21:25; 21:27

The sufficiency of Scripture can be simply defined as follows: In the Bible alone, God has given humankind all things that are necessary for the proper understanding of who God is, who we are, how God has acted in the past, and what God expects from us. The basic idea behind the sufficiency of Scripture […]

(el el-yone’) The Most High God Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament El Elyon occurs 28 times. It occurs 19 times in Psalms. El Elyon is first used in Gen 14:18. Variant spellings: None TWOT Reference: 1624g, 1624h Strong’s Reference: 5945 El Elyon in the Septuagint: ho theos ho hupsistos…the God most high Meaning and Derivation: El is another name that is translated as “God” […]

Editor’s note: Justin Alfred, a Biblical language expert, has been walking us through “emphatic negations” in Biblical Greek. Emphatic negations are an explicitly strong way to express a negative. While a normal negative might mean “that will not happen,” an emphatic negative further tells the reader that  there is not even the slightest possibility that […]

(by Andrew Murray) Everything depends on our being right ourselves in Christ. If I want good apples, I must have a good apple tree; and if I care for the health of the apple tree, the apple tree will give me good apples. And it is just so with our Christian life and work. If […]

The following is adapted from the works of F.E. Marsh, an old commentary coming soon to the BLB. WE find that the word “Christian” only occurs three times in the New Testament. First, “Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed…” (1 Peter 4:16). Second, “In a short time would you […]

(el shad-di’) All-Sufficient One, Lord God Almighty Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament El Shaddai occurs 7 times. El Shaddai is first used in Gen 17:1. Strong’s Reference: 7706 El Shaddai in the Septuagint: theou saddai…God Shaddai;pantokratôr (for Shaddai)…the Almighty Meaning and Derivation:  El is another name that is translated as “God” and can be used in conjunction with other words to designate various […]