2 Tim 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does  not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any  two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

2 Tim 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, fo...

The Apostle Paul writes in Phil 2:14, “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.”

And in Romans 14:1 he warns the saints not to get caught up in doubtful disputations (that is, arguing about th...

"Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And  when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."   John 21:18-19

These passages in John have been interpreted for centuries to be speaking of Peter’s death on a Roman cross. 

According to legend Pete...

So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.  Zech 4:6

The Scriptures contain many illustrations of the truth laid out in this passage. 

The examples move from the parting of the Red Sea 1500 years before the Cross to the Lord’s calming of the storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Between those two events we see David’s encounter with the Philistine giant, Goliath.

Let’s look at  1Sam 17:40-...

2 Chronicles 23:19

And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.

What was a Gatekeeper?  And what place do they represent in the new Covenant?

First of all, let’s look at what a gate or door is.

Each is primarily a moveable structure that opens or closes an opening in a wall – Gates and doors are places of transition – where one moves from one place to another.

They are an interface between the inside and t...