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The New Heaven and the New Earth - Revelation 21:1 – 21:8 (commentary)

This chapter opens with a brief description of the new heaven and the new earth (v. 1). The Bible does not deal at length with the eternal state. Only a few references to it are made in Psalms, Isaiah, I Corinthians, Ephesians, II Peter and here in Revelation. This passage sugges …

How we were ’before’ salvation - Ephesians 2:1 – 2:3 (commentary)

This passage uses a similar tactic but to a different end. Paul does paint two pictures for us – one “before” Christ (vv. 1-3) and one “after” (vv. 4-7). He then brings it all together (vv. 8-10) and tells us what the goal of this comparison is. In …

Salvation must be built on sound doctrine - Titus 2:1 – 2:2 (commentary)

A life that is independent of the doctrine of faith in Christ and salvation is but a show. As fruit is to the root so is a changed, productive life to a faith that saves. The false teachers with their counterfeit doct­rine were deceptive, immoral and abominable (Titus 1:10,15 …

Comparison of the Natural and Spiritual Body - I Corinthians 15:45 – 15:50 (commentary)

In our passage today we are told about a bigger change than this (vv. 45-50). In the previous passage, we were told that the body is buried in corruption because it is going to decay; but it is raised with such a nature that it cannot decay. With this change there is no decay o …