CONVERSION I. Meaning of the word A turning, or returning, to God. The chief words for expressing this idea are, in the OT, šûḇ (translated in evv ‘turn’ or ‘return’), and, in the NT, strephomai (Mt. 18:3; Jn. 12:40: the middle voice expresses the reflexive quality of the action, cf. the French ‘se convertir)’; epistrephō … More Conversion – New Bible Dictionary

Conversion. Total change in one’s direction in life or moral orientation. For Christians this means a change from an orientation that does not take God into account to one in which the person is submitted to Christ. Conversion is the process of which repentance is the entrance and faith the new direction; the same Hebrew … More Conversion – Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

What is the source of the new birth of the soul of a man?  The resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Ephesians 1:19-20, “and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own … More Resurrection power is the reason

At the fall as it is recorded in Genesis 3 there were three immediate problems that needed to be repaired: Man was now separated from God. Man was unrighteous. Man was unable to communicate with God. Of course only God could repair this situation; however, part of the fruit of the fall is that man … More Three problems wth man and our God

These verses discuss the last days of The Apostle Paul’s trip to Rome.  Verses 1-10 recount the amazing power of God working through Paul in three instances: I. The snake bites Paul but Paul lives. [A snake bite is a reminder of Israel being bitten by snakes and Moses lifting up a pole with a … More Acts 28:1-16

Scripture recounts twice in these verses the removal of a king of Judah from Jerusalem: Jehoiachin and Zedekiah.  Both did ‘evil in the sight of the Lord’. The judgement was so severe on Zedekiah that his sons were killed in his presence by the Chaldeans and his eyes were put out. God is holy and … More 2 Kings 24:8-25:12 God is holy

Leviticus 15 discusses the normal discharges of men and women.  Each discharge makes the respective man or woman unclean and therefore unable to come to the sanctuary. The remedies for the uncleanness are et forth in the chapter but the major point is that discharges make us unclean and therefore we are to see ourselves … More Leviticus 15: clean and unclean continued

Leviticus teaches that sin is when the soul sins against the Word or Law of God and to be unclean is when your old man, or the part of you that you can see, becomes abnormal. Sin is a violation of the Law. Uncleanness is when your body is abnormal. To be normal is to … More Sin vs. Clean/unclean

The Scriptures teach in Luke 4:1-13 the three general temptations of the devil to man as he tempts Jesus: #1 do what he says vs. what God says in His Word. [Luke 4:3-4] #2 worship him to get what you want in this life vs. waiting patiently for God to grant it to us. [Luke … More Luke 4:1-13 ‘The devil’s 3 temptations’

The prototype offering is demonstrated in the in initial Passover meal that is detailed in Exodus 12:1 – 13. .This means the categories that must be addressed in our salvation are revealed fully in the Passover. They are: I.     Judgement: Judgement was coming from the Angel of Death. II.     Atonement: the … More Exodus 12:1-13 The prototype offering