by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. People often lovingly and inclusively say, “We are all God’s children.” Sadly, that is not a true statement. While it is true that everyone and everything belongs to God (Psalm 24:1), not everyone is in God’s...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Over the past decade, it has become popular to begin prayers by addressing God as “Father God.” You have likely heard this often, even by very good pastors and Bible teachers. So, is it a good way to...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Most of us know these verses: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Luke 2:13-14 But...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is a popular saying, often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. However, he never said it. Furthermore, it is a saying that makes no sense. Most importantly, there is no support for such in the Bible....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Peter wrote of unlearned and unstable people twisting the Scripture (2 Pet 3:16). He meant that they incorrectly taught or misapplied God’s words. Is that what happens with 2 Chronicles 7:14? In recent years,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This question arises from 2 Corinthians 5:21. 2 Cor 5:21 For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin… Understand that all well-respected and widely-accepted translations (KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Rom 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; Many quote this verse to claim that Jesus will save all...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Paul wrote of a future time when God will turn back to Israel to call unto Himself a believing remnant of Israel. Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Excerpted from Room with a View of Eternity ~The Last Will and Testament of the Lord Jesus Christ, by Shari Abbott and Alex McFarland When Jesus said, “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Judge not, that you be not judged.” (Matt 7:1) That verse is quoted often. In fact, the verse has been used against most Christians to try to stop them from making any kind of judgment. Critics,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. As a royal priesthood, are we called to be watchmen on the wall today? Are we called to sound a warning? Yes, we are to be discerners of the truth. And we are to warn about false prophets. But do we really have...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We have all heard, “the Bible says money is the root of all evil.” But that’s not what the Bible says. Paul wrote to Timothy about money and said: “the love of money is the root of all...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. These words come from Paul’s admonition to believers in the church at Ephesus (Eph 4:15a). It’s likely everyone has heard someone say, “I’m just speaking the truth in love.” It’s often said at the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The writer of Hebrews wrote about willful sin and its consequences in this verse: Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Matthew 5:48 says that we are to be perfect and, it says, we are to be as perfect as God is, Wow! If Jesus meant that, then we have a real problem. We can’t be perfect. So how should we understand Jesus’...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Many Christians have read the following verses and feared that salvation can be lost. Heb 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: Who can understand it?” This verse is often spoken by Bible preachers and teachers as a warning to Christians about their...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Abba is found in three verses in English Bibles. [“Holy is the Lord God Almighty” Video Below] Mark 14:36 And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me;...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jesus said, “well done good and faithful servant” in Matthew 24. Those words are quoted often, but many times out of context and with the wrong application. Because of that, many Christians question their...