“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me” — Matt. 11:29 ESVIn the Hebrew culture in which the Bible was written, and in the Hebrew world during Jesus’ ministry, life was seen as one big classroom.  Th...  Read More

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him” — Acts 10:38 ESVJesus was anoin...  Read More

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me” — Luke 4:18 ESVThe word “Christ” is the Greek word for the Hebrew word, “Messiah,” which means “Anointed One.” But what does it mean to ...  Read More

“I am… the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. — Revelation 1:18 ESVJesus faced everything we faced.  Jesus wept (John 11:35).  He knew what ...  Read More

“We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God” — Hebrews 4:14 ESVWhen most people think about Jesus, they think about the 33-year life He lived on the earth.  ...  Read More

“A friend of tax collectors and sinners” — Luke 7:34 ESVWhen Jesus was on earth, His whole life was an evangelistic mission.  Jesus was the ultimate Evangelist, because everything He did was for the p...  Read More

‘The first man Adam became a living being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” — 1 Corinthians 15:45 ESVThe Bible contrasts Adam and Jesus.  This is what the Church Fathers called “Federal He...  Read More

“Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory” — James 2:1 ESVJesus is called “the Lord of Glory.”  As the note in the Reformation Study Bible indicates, it is also possible to translate “the Lord of glor...  Read More

“Holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners”—Heb. 7:26 ESVJesus is holy.  What is holiness? It is a state of moral purity and separation from anything sinful.  It is being radically different f...  Read More

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” — John 6:35 ESVJesus’ miracles always had a point to them.  There was something to be lea...  Read More

“This is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit” — John 1:33 ESVJohn the Baptist had a two-fold message.  The two-fold message was two different revelations of who Jesus is, and showed two different asp...  Read More

“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” — John 1:29 ESV“The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).   After Adam and Eve sinned, death came.  However, instead of immediately crus...  Read More