Here are some verses that inspire us to pray for the increase of God’s church – both in holy love and in numbers of believers who are committed to the spread of God’s gospel in these trying times: Ezekiel 36:36–38 “Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD …
“Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother…” 1 Corinthians 1:1 In the first verse of 1 Corinthians, we find that Paul is humble enough to co-author with a brother. He writes…with “Sosthenes the brother.” Sosthenes’s voice does not come through loudly in this letter, as far as we can discern, …
“Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, an apostle called, separated to the gospel of God…” Romans 1:1 Paul – the simple name of a small man. “Paul” means “small.” Notice that all words pertaining to Paul in Romans 1:1 are passive. Paul is simply – and in everything – acted upon by Christ. He is the pawn and …
Here is a brief devotional about an illuminating word in the New Testament. The one true living God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. What makes manifest is light, and our God has come to make our crookedness – and the way out of it – manifest. This pure Light teaches …