Day: April 15, 2018

Why Didn’t Mary Know Who Jesus Was from the Beginning?

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  Why Didn’t Mary Know Who Jesus Was from the Beginning?   From our perspective 2000 years after the events of the gospel accounts, we may find Mary’s lack of understanding about Jesus to be puzzling. After all, she had been given an angelic announcement of His birth—not to mention the miraculous conception of a child to a virgin. Yet, when the shepherds told her what the angels said (Luke 2:8-20), she pondered this announcement as if not completely understanding.   Years later, Jesus stayed behind at the Temple in Jerusalem to listen to and speak with the teachers (Luke …

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Question 37: Who was Melchizedek? Was he really the preincarnate Messiah?

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Question 37: Who was Melchizedek? Was he really the preincarnate Messiah? Answer: Melchizedek was a believing Jebusite during the days of Abraham, and he happened to be both king and priest of Jerusalem. Because he was both king and priest, he became a type of the Messiah. However, he was not the preincarnate Messiah since theophanies merely appeared and gave their message and then disappeared and did not hold any type of permanent office like being priest and king. Furthermore, Hebrews 7:3 specifies that he was but made like unto the Son of God (emphasis added), meaning he was not …

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“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1

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“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1 We here behold the Saviour in the depth of his sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in which his cry rends the air–“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” At this moment physical weakness was united with acute mental torture from the shame and ignominy through which he had to pass; and to make his grief culminate with emphasis, he suffered spiritual agony surpassing all expression, resulting …

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The White Stone

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Gracethrufaith Question of the Day: Q. I was reading C.S.Lewis this week and in one of his books he said that the white stone we will be given by Jesus when we reach heaven will be the only possession we will have in heaven. Private ownership evidently will not exist. God will (and does) own everything except that white stone with a new name on it which only yourself and Jesus will know. It must be a very precious thing Do you have any comments or teaching on this White Stone? A. You’re referring to the last part of Rev. …

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The Impact of the Cross

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None of Satan’s ploys could deter God from redeeming mankind. The Impact of the Cross Hebrews 2:14 – 2:15 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. A day after the crucifixion, life must have looked hopeless to Jesus’ followers. They’d watched their beloved leader die, and the enemy seemed to have won. Considering …

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Question: “How is the church the Body of Christ?”

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Question: “How is the church the Body of Christ?” Answer: The phrase “the Body of Christ” is a common New Testament metaphor for the Church (all those who are truly saved). The Church is called “one body in Christ” in Romans 12:5, “one body” in 1 Corinthians 10:17, “the body of Christ” in 1 Corinthians 12:27 and Ephesians 4:12, and “the body” in Hebrews 13:3. The Church is clearly equated with “the body” of Christ in Ephesians 5:23 and Colossians 1:24. When Christ entered our world, He took on a physical body “prepared” for Him (Hebrews 10:5; Philippians 2:7). Through His …

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