by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Because the conditional statements from Jesus in John 15:20 portray a truthful reality, they could be translated with the word since—since they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. Since the world persecuted Jesus because of his message from God and his life...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Don Green In days of strength, preach the Word. In days of weakness, preach the Word. In days of joy, preach the Word. In days of sorrow, preach the Word. When people come, preach the Word. When people go, preach the Word. When men praise you, preach the Word. When...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Since Christ teaches that the way to abide in his love is to keep his commandments, what does it take to accomplish that? -Being saved by the love of God in Christ. Remember, Christ has told the disciples in v.3 that they are already clean prior to instructing them...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Upon discovering the pruning process in John 15:2, our desires and motives in our Christian life will be greatly challenged. We often tell the Lord, “I just want to grow and be more useful to you Lord,” but oftentimes we resist the pruning process, in which God...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
In John 14:27, Jesus states that the peace that he gives is in stark contrast to the peace of the world. In this 1st century context of the NT, peace was created by military conquest and then it was maintained by comprehensive rule and force. More specifically, the...
