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Did You Know that Jesus Christ Is the Angel of the Lord?

July 18, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Malak Yahweh, pre-incarnate Jesus Christ

About twenty years ago, at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, I heard a speaker present a message about the Angel of the Lord (Malak Yahweh). The speaker suggested that the Scriptures show that the Angel of the Lord is never the preincarnate Lord Jesus Christ. After the talk, I asked Dr. Arnold

Why Did the Lord Pick the Twelve Disciples? (Luke 6:12-15)

July 17, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Apostles, Discipleship, Eph 2:20, Matt 19:28, serving

In Luke 6:12-15, the Lord chooses twelve men to be His inner circle of disciples. At first glance, these verses seem to be placed in the book randomly. In fact, they seem out of place. The Lord has been both miraculously healing people with different diseases and interacting with the religious leaders, who oppose Him

How Do We Know That Abraham Believed in Jesus Christ for His Salvation?

July 16, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Abraham, justification by faith

“And he [Abraham] believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Gen 15:6). What are the hundred most significant words in the Bible?i In my list, the first word alphabetically is Abraham. While teaching about him in Sunday school, I gave six proofs that Abraham believed in Jesus Christ for his

Lessons from the Mount of Transfiguration (Mark 9:7)

July 15, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Approval, Bema, glory, Reward

Many years ago I read an article as part of a class I attended on the Gospel of Mark. The article was about the Mount of Transfiguration, and I still remember a couple of points it made. I think they stuck with me because I had never considered these ideas. One point was that the

The Redemption of Job

July 12, 2024 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Job 19:25-27, Ps 72:14, Redemption

In one of the great OT passages regarding the Resurrection, Job proclaims: For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall

Emphasizing the Important Things

July 11, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Acts 10:15, Acts 15:5, circumcision, Eph 2:14-16, Judaizers

Luz Long and Jesse Owens were polar opposites. Long was a German Nazi and looked the part. He was blond, white, and an educated lawyer. Owens was a black American who grew up in poverty under segregation. In the 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, Luz and Owens competed against each other in the long jump.

Do You Need to Believe in Jesus “with All Your Heart” to Be Saved?

July 10, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Acts 8:37, believing with all your heart, wholehearted faith

Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?” Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God” (Acts 8:36-37).

The Lord Loves Persistence

July 9, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Bartimaeus, Luke 18:1-8, Mark 10:46-52, Mark 7:24-30, Prayer

Anybody who has had children knows they can nag you. They will ask for something over and over and over again. It can be really irritating. Sometimes, we even have to warn them not to ask us for whatever they want one more time. Believers are children of the Lord. What does He think when

A Tale of Two Brothers

July 8, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Genesis 38, Genesis 39, Joseph, Judah

Genesis 37 and 38 show that Judah was a carnal believer. He nearly had his brother Joseph killed. He agreed to sell Joseph into slavery. He married a Canaanite woman. His two oldest sons were evil, and God killed them. He refused to give his daughter-in-law, Tamar, to his youngest son. Judah’s wife died. One

Are You Confused about the Judgment Seat of Christ?

July 5, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - pride in work, Rev 4:10, the Bema

Bill Fiess sent me a poem called “The Judgment Seat of Christ” by Martha Snell Nicholson (1888-1957). You can find it online here. I am thrilled that there is such a poem. Nicholson gets much right. She recognizes that every believer will be judged for the works we’ve done and our motives. She knows this