“...Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Paul was writing to Christians living under an anti-Christian, total....
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the ....
'For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all." I. God's remnant Paul knew what it was to be lonely. He deeply understood Elijah's sorrowful cry, 'Lord....
"Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ." God is the sovereign Lord of history. He is the one who elects and calls and justifies a....
“As it is written: 'See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.'" Paul was missionary. H....
1. Future glory (18-30) In verse 18 Paul says, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.†This verse tells us that eve....
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the Law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.†This chapte....
"So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God." Law was a p....
"If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin mi....
“... through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.†1. Peace with God (1-11) "Therefore, since ....
INTRODUCTION TO MALACHI The first exiles, led by Zerubbabel, returned and built the temple. They were spurred on by the prophets, Zechariah and Haggai (516 B.C.). Then, Ezra came with another gro....
INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH Cyrus king of Persia conquered Babylon in 538 B.C. He issued a decree allowing the Jewish exiles who had been deported to Babylon 70 years before to return to Judea and....
INTRODUCTION TO HAGGAI "Haggai" means "festival." Haggai must have been a young boy when he was taken as an exile to Babylon. He may have witnessed the destruction of the temple in 586 B.C. Now, ....
INTRODUCTION TO ZEPHANIAH "Zephaniah" means "the Lord of darkness" or "the Lord has concealed." Zephaniah 1:12 says that the Lord will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complac....
HABAKKUK Habakkuk lived in Judah just before its demise at the hands of the Babylonians. He was a philosopher- prophet who struggled with the great questions of life. But his struggle was not ....
NAHUM Nahum's name means, "The Lord comforts." He prophesied about God's imminent judgment on Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. His prophecy was fulfilled when Nineveh was conquered by the Babylon....
MICAH Micah was from the Judean country town of Moresheth, near the Philistine border. He was a contemporary of Isaiah and Hosea. Isaiah lived in Jerusalem and talked with kings, but Micah was a ....
INTRODUCTION TO JONAH Jonah was a prophet who lived in Northern Israel before the Assyrian invasion and destruction of Samaria. He prophesied that Jeroboam II would restore Israel's borders, and....
OBADIAH Obadiah means "servant of the Lord." Obadiah was probably a contemporary of Ezekiel (Eze 35) and Jeremiah (Jer 49:7-22). His vision is about the doom of Edom. Edom was a name given to the d....
INTRODUCTION TO AMOS Amos says of himself, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the fl....
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