What Does Ordained Mean in Acts 13:48 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Acts 13:48, Luke writes, “… and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”  Some interpret ordained here to mean predestined.  However, by studying the context and the use of the word ordained in other passages, we’ll...

Several times in your Bible, you find the phrase, “Depart from evil”.  In the context of four of these references, you can see the reason why we should depart from evil. Understanding – Job 28:28.  To depart from evil is understanding.  This verse has a two-pronged application.   First, when...

In Hebrews 7 Paul explains how Jesus Christ is a high priest who is greater than the Levitical priests who descended from Aaron.  Jesus Christ is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, v.1-3, Ps 110:4.   This is significant because: Melchisedec was a king, v.1-2.  His name means King...

In Hebrews Chapter 5, Paul continues his discussion about Jesus Christ the high priest which he started in Heb 4:14-15.  See Heb 2:17 and 3:1 for earlier references to him as the high priest.  Paul writes about the high priesthood of Jesus all the way through Heb 10.  In this...

Gal 3:21 says, “if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law”.  Rom 10:5 says, “the man which doeth those things shall live by them”. These verses seem to contradict.  How is it that the law can’t give life...

There is so much more to having eternal life than just being able to go to heaven when you die.  Of course, going to heaven is wonderful.  But if you could have more, wouldn’t you want it?  You can have more.  We are instructed to lay hold on eternal life,...

Dead in Trespasses and Sins Eph.2:1 Dead in trespasses and sins is the state of man without Jesus Christ. The Ephesians have Jesus Christ. How does a person get in this dead state? What is the definition of quickened? What is the definition of quickened? Your King James Bible will...

According to Eph 1:11, when you were saved, you obtained an inheritance from the Lord.  The simplest way to put it is that you inherited eternal life.  This is what the rich, young ruler was after.  He asked Jesus what he must do “to inherit eternal life.” You can look...

Lay hold on eternal life, 1 Tim 6:19, 12.  To lay hold is to grasp, to seize, and to take possession.  What you lay hold on, reveals: What you love – 1 Tim 6:17 – there are those who are “rich in this world.”  Their temptation is to love earthly treasure rather...

DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE? 1 John 5:13 says, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that YE MAY KNOW that YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of...