Category: New Testament
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When did Yeshua become the High Priest?
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. Matthew 26:65 (KJV) Rent his clothes – Caiaphas, the high priest, was so furious that he rent, or tore, his clothing. What’s the big deal? Why does the story…
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Oldness of the Letter
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Romans 7:6 (KJV) Oldness of the letter – Chapter 7 of Romans is perhaps one of my favorite chapters of the New Testament. It…
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A Mental Shift in the Cosmos
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV) World – When I explain to people that the Hebrew word for a “human soul” is the same word for an “animal soul,” they smile and comment…
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Follow Me
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:21 (KJV) Follow me – To put this in context, a man…
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I Am
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. John 18:6 (KJV) I am – I know what we’ve been taught. Yeshua is evoking the term “I am” as a representation of His divinity, and as the Trinitarians preach, establishing Himself as God in…
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Third Heaven
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 2 Corinthians 12:2 (KJV) Third heaven – How many of us believe Paul is talking about himself here?…
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New Year’s Resolutions
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12 (KJV) Greater works – The New Year is here, not God’s designated New Year, but nevertheless January 1st is…
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Take Up Your Cross
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:38 (KJV) Cross – We know what this means, right? Yeshua is evidently talking about the cross on which He was crucified. We should be willing to suffer as He did and follow Yeshua wherever He may go,…
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Called, Prepared, and Sent Out
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James…
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Inspired, Sacred, and Canon
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, Jude 1:14 (KJV) Enoch – Where exactly did Jude find this prophecy from Enoch? It’s not in the Bible, yet we claim that all the words in the book of Jude are included as…