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Bible Memory collection
…in ordinary people. These verses keep that clear. John 14:26 The Father will send the Helper, the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, and he will teach the disciples all things and remind them of what Jesus said. Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,…
Devotional
…curtain in the same passage, from top to bottom, signals access into the Holy of Holies previously barred to ordinary people. The centurion's human recognition and this physical sign are placed side by side, both…
Chapter study
…has promised the Father's house with many mansions, the coming of the Holy Spirit as another Comforter, and peace not as the world gives. It closes with 'arise, let us go hence,' which most readers understand to mean…
Chapter study
…as you study this chapter, do not ask only what it means. Ask why the Holy Spirit inspired David to say it this way rather than another. Why this word, in this order, in this tense. The smallest words here carry the…
Chapter study
…grace makes sin harmless, and Romans 7 shows why the law, though holy, cannot produce the obedience it commands. By the end of chapter 7 the reader has a justified believer who still fails. Chapter 8 is written for that…
52 Week Journey
The Holy Spirit is easy to speak of vaguely, as an influence or a feeling, but Scripture describes Him as a person who teaches, convicts, intercedes, comforts and gives gifts. He is present from the opening lines of…
Chapter study
…left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Grain brought to God is later commanded and called most holy, which rules out the idea that…
Reading plan
…and promises that he will not leave them as orphans but will send the Holy Spirit to be with them. John 15 Abiding Jesus describes himself as the true vine and his followers as branches, and says plainly that apart from…
52 Week Journey
…Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. WEB The Lampstands of…
52 Week Journey
…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. WEB How Shall They Hear…
52 Week Journey
…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. WEB
52 Week Journey
…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” WEB
Dig Deeper
Romans 8:32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? The argument runs from the greater to the lesser. If God has already given the…
Dig Deeper
John 15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. Two ifs stand in front of the promise. Read the sentence as a whole and the will in ask what you…
Dig Deeper
Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Work together, not are good. And the promise is addressed to a specific group,…
Bible study
The chapter that holds the Christian life from beginning to end Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.…
Dig Deeper
John 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. The Greek verb meno means to remain, to stay, to continue in a…
Biblical concept
…for one reason: sinful people cannot simply walk into the presence of a holy God. Someone has to stand in between, carrying the offering in and carrying the blessing out. Hebrews states the job plainly, every high…
Place in Scripture
…Its architecture taught distance and access at once: courts, a holy place, and behind a veil the holy of holies entered once a year. Jesus speaks of his body as the temple in John 2:19 to 21, and the letters call…
Topic study
…6:9-13 WEB Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also…
Biblical concept
…presence of God himself in his people, not a substitute for it. The Holy Spirit is an impersonal force or power rather than a person. Scripture describes the Spirit teaching, being grieved, and speaking directly in Acts…
Topic study
…peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit. World English Bible This verse tells you where hope comes from before it tells you anything about how to feel. God is not merely the…
Christian Living
John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you. WEB john 14 Jesus does not describe the Spirit as an…
Biblical concept
…he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. 1 Peter 1:23 Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever. 1…
Biblical concept
…makes sure the reader knows what it stands for. The living water is the Holy Spirit given to those who believe. This picture did not come from nowhere. Jeremiah had already used it to describe God himself, the fountain…
Biblical concept
…Scripture, marking a place where God had met him. Exodus 30:30-32 The holy anointing oil, and the ban on copying it for ordinary use. 1 Samuel 16:13 Samuel anoints David and the Spirit rushes on him. Psalm 23:5 You…
Biblical concept
…apart for God rather than being made morally better. Leviticus 19:2 Be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy, the reason given for Israel's entire way of life, not one command among many. John 17:17 Jesus prays that his…
Biblical concept
…birth describes how Jesus was conceived, without a human father, by the Holy Spirit. The incarnation is the larger claim that the eternal Son took on human nature at all. The virgin birth is the means Scripture records…
Christian Living
…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. WEB matthew 28…
Biblical concept
…sanctification is the separate, ongoing work of actually being made holy. Deuteronomy 25:1 Romans 3:24 Paul and James contradict each other on whether works justify a person. Paul answers how a person is first declared…
Biblical concept
The kingdom of God is God's rule, not a territory. Mark opens the ministry of Jesus with the announcement that the kingdom of God has come near, and calls for repentance and faith as the response. Scripture speaks of…
Biblical concept
Messiah is Hebrew and Christ is Greek, and both mean anointed. In Israel priests, kings and occasionally prophets were anointed with oil to mark them as set apart for God's work. John 1:41 translates the word for the…
Place in Scripture
…who shall ascend the hill of the LORD, and who shall stand in His holy place (Psalm 24:3). The mountain raises the question of who may come near, which is the question the whole Bible is answering. Genesis 8:4 The ark…
Word and phrase
Righteousness in Scripture is relational as well as moral. It means conformity to God's standard and standing accepted before him, and Romans 3 says all have fallen short of it. Romans 1:17 speaks of a righteousness of…
Biblical concept
…else. And then Hebrews notices the furniture. There was no seat in the Holy Place because the work never ended. Christ offered one sacrifice for sins and sat down (Hebrews 10:11-12). The sitting is the sermon. The Old…
Biblical concept
Jesus says he is the true vine and his followers are branches, and that a branch bears fruit only while it stays joined to the vine. Apart from me you can do nothing is the plainest sentence in the passage. The Old…
Bible question
…the Day of Atonement Leviticus 16:15-22 Once a year one man entered the holiest place with blood, and a second goat carried the nation's guilt away into the wilderness. God accepted the arrangement he had commanded, and…
Bible question
…he lives with you, and will be in you. WEB Jesus said more about the Holy Spirit on the night before his death than anywhere else. Start there rather than with experience. John 14:16-17 I will pray to the Father, and he…
Bible question
…of faith. Psalms 13:1 How long will you forget me, O LORD? forever? The Holy Spirit inspired a prayer that accuses God of forgetting. By verse 6 David is singing, but the complaint was not edited out. Scripture gives us…
Bible question
…we do. Forgiveness is only meaningful in light of a God who is entirely holy, since a light God would have nothing serious to forgive. 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we…
Bible question
…and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance;…
Bible question
…for the forgiveness of sins, and they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. About three thousand souls were added that day. Conviction of sin, real sorrow over having rejected Christ, leads to repentance, and…
Bible question
…me the courage to bring this out of the dark and cut off what feeds it. Holy Spirit, put this to death in me. Fill the space it leaves with something good, and let grace train me where rules never could. Romans 6 Why…
Bible question
Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. WEB This is one of the few questions the disciples asked out loud, and Jesus answered it directly. Read his answer before any advice about…
Bible question
…Yahweh is one. Matthew 28:19 One name, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 13:14 Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, love of God, fellowship of the Holy Spirit. What about the verses that call Jesus…
Bible question
…mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Paul's word 'regeneration' is the theological name for the new birth, and he pointedly rules out the very works Nicodemus, and every…
Bible question
…The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. WEB Before we define the fear of the Lord, listen to how God speaks of it. Proverbs 9:10-11 The fear of Yahweh is the…
Bible question
…thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is called the earnest, a down payment guaranteeing the rest is coming. The believer's confidence about death rests on a Person already…
Bible question
…he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to…
Bible question
…for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." WEB A second crowd asks essentially the same question in different words, and Peter's answer, repent and be baptized, is not a…
Bible question
…John 20:28 speak of the Son this way, and in Acts 5:3-4 lying to the Holy Spirit is called lying to God. The three are distinguished, not merged At the baptism of Jesus, Matthew 3:16-17, the Son is in the water, the…
Bible question
…interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit. WEB Both agents are named in one sentence. People spoke, and they were moved by the Spirit.…
Bible question
…in Acts 13:33 and Hebrews 1:5. Luke 1:35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the…
Bible question
…We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and…
Bible question
…killed and rise after three days. Psalms 16:10 You will not allow your holy one to see corruption, quoted in Acts 2:27. Isaiah 53:10-11 The servant crushed, and then seeing the result and being satisfied. What it…
Bible question
…we received. Colossians 3:12-13 Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if…
Bible question
…by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you…
Bible question
…believers who differed sincerely on disputable matters, like diet and holy days, and calls both sides to charity rather than labelling either side false. Scripture distinguishes core Gospel truth from matters where…
Bible question
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape,…
Bible question
…not in isolation. 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. Scripture's purpose is named plainly: wisdom to…
The Sunday Study
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