Second, now we speculate about Jesus preaching to the spirits in prison.A rather enigmatic passage in 1 Peter 3:18-20 gives a confusing and convoluted insight:"For Christ died for sins once for all... to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spiri......

Do you know your astrological sign? Have you investigated the personality traits your Zodiac or "sun sign" supposedly says about you? It seems like everyone knows what astrological sign they are—including Christians. Horoscopes are like daily, personalized advice for each astrological sign, based on the changing positions of astrolog......

what does the bible say?The Antichrist is a future figure who will oppose Christ, deceive many, and wage war against God’s people (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). While the term “antichrist” appears only in 1 and 2 John, other biblical passages describe him as a lawless ruler, a deceiver, and a beast empowered by Satan (Daniel 7:8; Revelatio......

Christ and His Saints Compared to the Heavenly Bodies...

1. Jesus taught us to follow Him, not riches.Matthew 19 tells of a rich young man who asked Jesus how to gain eternal life. Jesus said to keep the commandments, sell everything, and follow him. Saddened, the young man departed from Him. He had kept the commandments all his life, but couldn’t bring himself to leave his stuff behind. L......

This is a profound reality for those who struggle with fear that the enemy in their lives is too big to defeat, that they are too sinful to be saved or too overwhelmed by shame to ask the Lord for help. Satan tries to overwhelm us with temptations, with shame, and with sins committed against us. We are too weak to defend ourselves an......

As we stand at the cross of Christ we see a glorious exhibition of God’s love. Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, “While we were powerless to help ourselves . . . Christ died for sinful men.” In human experience, it is a rare thing for one man to give his life for another, even if the latter be a good man, though there have been a......

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.” 1 Peter 3:8 “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.” Ephesians 4:25“Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you’- when you ......

A Christian martyr (pronounced mar-ter) is someone who suffers or dies for his or her faith.In many cases, a Christian martyr is someone who is willing to go to great lengths, even to the point of death, to make sure that as many people as possible get to hear the truth about how to get saved and go to heaven (John 3:16; 2 Corinthian......

PERSON OF CHRIST, 4-5 IV. Teaching of John. 1. The Epistles: In the circumstances in which he wrote, John found it necessary to insist upon the elements of the person of our Lord--His true Deity, His true humanity and the unity of His person--in a manner which is more didactic in form than anything we find in the other writings in ......