If there were any book in The Old Testament which was obviously about Jesus and His gospel, Joshua would be it. For the name Joshua and Jesus are the same. Jesus, the English translation of a Greek name, is one-and-the same as its Hebrew equivalent, Joshua. Thus, the very book Joshua could be just as …
Category: Evangelism
Behold the One Who Became a Curse
The premise of all our studies in scripture is twofold. One, that it is true what is written, “All scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” [2 Tim 3:16-17] The book we …
From Lepers to Royal Heirs
In the Bible leprosy is often used as a picture of sin. In addition to this, leprosy is employed by God as a consequence of sin, further strengthening the connection. If there were a leprous man, God so commanded, “that they put out of the camp every leper…” [Num 5:2] This is one of the …
The Lamb of God
Moving onward into the book of Exodus we find one of the most notable pictures of Jesus within the Old Testament: the Passover Lamb. During the very last moments of Israel’s bondage in Egypt, when “God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, [that is of Egypt], by …
Preface: That Ye May Be Saved
This short book’s purpose is to explain the simple gospel, “the simplicity, [which is] in Christ.” [2 Cor 11:3] To bring to the reader an understanding of that simple gospel which provokes childlike faith, (of which Jesus said, “except you are converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of …
Today is the Day of Salvation
Paul once wrote to the Corinthians, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” [2 Cor 11:3] The gospel is to be as Paul also says we should live: “in simplicity and godly sincerity, not …
The Resurrection of Jesus from the Dead
The most important aspect to the gospel, that is to the good news of God, is that Jesus has risen from the dead. Jesus did not stay dead, as other men do, but He rose, and through this resurrection, as Romans says, Jesus has been declared to be The Son of God indeed. As Paul …
The Deep, Boundless Love of Jesus
Thus far we have not only learned of man’s natural condition and deserved punishment, but also how God has sent a solution to our doleful problem – a Savior, Jesus Christ God’s Son. It has been revealed through scripture that Jesus was made into a sacrifice for our sins; that for each of us individually, …
The Spiritual Sufferings of Christ
Though the physical torments of Jesus’ sacrifice are clearly seen, and can be looked at with a degree of biological certainty, His spiritual sufferings are not so. There are pictures in The Bible, which we shall observe, metaphors based on actual happenings, which can offer some way of comparison: but much like the internal afflictions …
The Physical Sufferings of Christ
In Galatians we read, “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” [Gal 4:4-5] God’s sending forth of His Son Jesus to earth was by …