First Peter Verses six through nine: The word “wherein” draws the reader back to verses 4 & 5 where the apostle speaks of receiving the inheritance (salvation) that is now in heaven awaiting the descent of the Messiah at the end of the age. At this point Peter reminds saints that there is a reason for the […]

First Peter Verses three through five: In verse three we are told that the Lord Jesus Christ still has a Father. A God does not have a father. In the beginning God and the Word (who became Jesus of Nazareth) were co-equal Gods (Jn. 1:1-4,14/Phil. 2:6). God became His Father only when He was born […]

First Peter Verse one: Note that it was customary for the apostles to identify themselves as apostles of Jesus Christ at the beginning of their letters to the churches. In this way they announced to their readers that they were not associated with any particular denomination or religious clique. The Apostle Paul dealt with this Satanic […]

Jude Verse five and Six: The apostles routinely remind the church that being in the body of Christ does not guarantee entrance into the Kingdom of God. Here Jude delivers that message by reminding them that though Jesus saved the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, He then killed many of them because of their lack of faith. Even angels […]

Jude Verses three and four: In verse 3 the Apostle Jude connects God’s “common (singular) salvation” to “the (singular) faith” which was “once (singularly) delivered” to God’s people. The hundreds of various and sundry Catholic and Protestant cults that constitute “the church” all reject God’s Words found in Ephesians 4:1-6 where, through the Apostle Paul, He commands those who earnestly seek Him to […]

Jude Verses one and two: Jude (Judas) identifies himself as the servant (slave) of Jesus Christ. He then identifies those in the church who are sanctified. These are those through whom the Lord manifests His righteousness, Jesus being His prime example. The word “Christian” means “little Christ”–one who patterns his life after the man Jesus of Nazareth. God commands […]

Chapter three Verses eleven through twenty-five: In verse 12 the Apostle Paul identifies exactly to whom he is writing: the elect of God whom He loves with tender mercy. These are those in the church who love Him wholeheartedly. These are the “peculiar” priests and servants who have only one overriding, all-consuming goal for their lives–obedience to Him. These […]

Chapter three Verse ten: In Romans 6:6 the Apostle Paul states that our “old man” (former sinning self) was crucified with Christ on the cross. The old sinful self was destroyed so that from that time onward the convert would not “serve sin” by yielding to Satan’s temptations. In Ephesians 4:2,3 he returns to that theme by telling those […]

Chapter three In the first verses of chapter 3 Paul tells the saints in the church at Colosse that they have been spiritually lifted up to heaven where they then enjoyed in spirit what they would later enjoy materially in the future in the Kingdom of God. This was not the first time Paul had written about this […]

Chapter three Verses one through three: The first Word in chapter three to the Church at Colosse–“IF”– makes a powerful, future-determining statement. The following words reveal what I have been proclaiming to the church on my website and YouTube site for many months–that having repented, been converted and baptized, then having been “active in church”–an all-encompassing characterization from my past that meant that one is […]