Tag: Jesus
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The Throne of His Father David – Christmas 2024
Our Hope of Glory Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and…
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The New Underground Part 2: The Reason for the Season
When we are faced with systemic issues so great that it “seems as though” the whole system is corrupt, what do we do? Is the better solution to serve from within for the sake of reform? Or, is it better to step outside the existing system with the goal of establishing a new system based…
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Ephesians 4:4-10 & Deeper Look # 7: The Psalm 68 Ascension
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of…
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Ephesians 3:11-21
According to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of…
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Ephesians 3:8-10 & Deeper Look # 5
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all…
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Deeper Look # 4 & Ephesians 3:6-7
Deeper Look # 4 – Part 1 The mystery of Christ was revealed to His holy apostles and prophets. This section of scripture contains one of the most commonly overlooked examples of New Testament prophetic ministry in the Bible. As evidenced in both Paul and Peter’s writings (2 Corinthians 3 & 1 Peter 1, for…
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Ephesians 3:1-5
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read,…
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Ephesians 2:19-22 & Deeper Look # 3
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the…
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Deeper Look # 2 – Ephesians 2:14-18
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might…
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Ephesians 2:11-18
Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.…
J.S. Marek 