Jump Start # 1663
Jump Start # 1663 1 Peter 2:18 “Servants be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable” Our verse is a tough one today. It’s not hard to understand, it’s hard to do. Peter is addressing slave-master relationships, and […]
Jump Start # 1662
Jump Start # 1662 1 Corinthians 12:26 “And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.” In this wonderful section of Corinthians, Paul is describing the various roles that spiritual gifts have. Part of this explanation is showing that each member […]
Jump Start # 1661
Jump Start # 1661 1 Thessalonians 5:14 “We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” In this one simple verse, the apostle Paul identifies the makeup of most congregations. There are four different states listed. They are not the same, nor do they demand the […]
Jump Start # 1660
Jump Start # 1660 Ecclesiastes 10:8-9 “He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits longs may be endangered by them.” Here in Ecclesiastes, Solomon is discussing the problem of […]
Jump Start # 1659
Jump Start # 1659 Acts 8:2 “Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.” Stephen was dead. He had been executed, murdered, by a heated mob that did not like his preaching. Unlike Jesus, there was no trial. No one went to Pilate to get Roman permission for the state to […]