Eph 4:1-2 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
For the past few days we have looked at Paul being a prisoner and today we finish with this thought. I would imagine that the one thing every prisoner dreams of is freedom, the day they would be set free. As a Christian we have […]
Eph 3:1-8 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons […]
Philem 1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Philem 9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Paul was a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Another thing about a prisoner is that he or she is always being watched. Every waking hour, every sleeping moment, day and night, 24 hours a day, 7 days a […]
Eph 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 Tim 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
We took note yesterday that Paul was a prisoner of the Lord and that a prisoner is not free, he is controlled by […]
Eph 3:1-6 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons […]
Eph 3:8-11 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by […]
Matt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
This is quite a command that we are given in this verse, “Be ye therefore perfect”, especially considering the context in which it is given. Going back to verse one of chapter five we have Jesus giving the Sermon on the Mount. Here we find the Christ like attitude and actions of the redeemed. Read these verses and you find a way of life […]
Matt 5:38-39 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
It is very hard today to resist evil. That Old Testament principal of an eye for an eye was to make sure the punishment fit the crime. That the harmed or offended party […]
2 Cor 5:14-15 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
“If one died for all”. What a blessed truth that is, that Jesus Christ died for all. And why did Jesus die for all; because all were dead. That […]
Eph 2:5-9 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift […]