ADOPTED BY A LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER – Romans 8:15
Christians are sometimes called “bondslaves” to Christ; but here their status is compared to that of children adopted by a loving father.
Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
Christians are sometimes called “bondslaves” to Christ; but here their status is compared to that of children adopted by a loving father.
It is always a sad day for humanity when an evil man procures great authority. Joseph Stalin, for example is credited with murdering over thirty million people!
Psalm 37 teaches that the prosperity of the wicked is superficial and temporary, and that those who trust in God may be certain that, finally, they will be the ones who are blessed.
The sun’s light failed for a period of three hours, the most remarkable “portent” ever seen in the heavens by any generation.
The argument in these verses is simple, but profound. If Satan was really casting out Satan, a ridiculous absurdity on the face of it, then Satan’s kingdom was being destroyed.
It is the “buy now, pay later” aspect of the penalty of sin which commends it as an attractive employment for many; but this verse is a warning that payment is certain, and that “death” is the quid pro quo of sin. “This for that!”
The name in view here “is Lord, [KURIOS], the Old Testament name for God.