Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son […]
SOAP Devotion Galatians 4:24-27 – Do you live in the freedom of Sarah or the slavery of Hagar? – Free online Bible study – Commentary in easy English – Day 739
These things are being taken figuratively. The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves. This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem because she is in slavery with her children. For it is […]
SOAP Devotion Galatians 4:21-23 – Are you worthy in God’s eyes? – Free online Bible study – Commentary in easy English – Day 738
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son […]
Acts 7:30-32 – How do you receive the power of the Holy Spirit?
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say: ‘I am the God of your fathers, the […]
Daily Devotional Acts 7:30-32 – How do you receive the power of the Holy Spirit? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 506
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say: ‘I am the God of your fathers, the […]
Daily Devotional Luke 20:36-38 – Where will I go when I die? – Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 365
“And they (those who resurrect) can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 53 – Commentary Romans 9:13 – Why did God hate Esau?
Just as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Romans 9:13) I have trouble with this Passage. It hits me in the gut every time I read it! God is love (See 1 John 4:8), so how could God hate Esau? Neither of these twins were lovable. Jacob was a deceiver, and […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 52 – Commentary Romans 9:10-12 – What is the Biblical Doctrine of Election?
Not only that, but Rebekah’s children had one and the same father, our ancestor Isaac. Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad – in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” […]