Category: Bible Reflections With Jon

Grace and Repentance…What Wonderful Blessings!

How is the Christian who darkens the church assembly doors every Sunday, sits in the pews, says “Amen” at the appropriate times, sings the hymns, partakes of communion, and gives a weekly offering “deceiving (himself)” if he is one who does much hearing of the pulpit’s message but little applying of it to his life throughout the week?  Answer: there is little to no actual repentance of his sins in this man’s life…and yet he, if asked, would sincerely answer that he is a faithful disciple of Christ because, after all, “I go to church all the time.”  James would say this man is deceiving himself.  David would agree, saying that there is much “deceit” in his “spirit,” specifically deceit aimed at himself. … Read More Grace and Repentance…What Wonderful Blessings!

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“I Have Trusted In Your Steadfast Love”

Have you ever felt like your problems were going to last forever and would never stop?  Have you ever felt like God either didn’t know about what you were going through or didn’t care?  Have you ever wanted to get up and move forward, but you felt like the hardships and burdens of life, as well as the thorns in your side, just kept pushing you back down over and over again?… Read More “I Have Trusted In Your Steadfast Love”

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Hebrews: The Answer to Judaism

The only reason Judaism exists is due to the Jews’ rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah.  Judaism was a religion inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16).  Its purpose was to prepare Israel for the coming of the Messiah and his new covenant (Gal. 3:23-26).  However, the majority of Israel could not accept this common preacher from Nazareth as being their Savior.   A minority of them followed Jesus due to the divinely inspired teaching of his apostles and prophets, including the writer of Hebrews.  However, the Jews severely persecuted them.  It is against this background of tribulation that the writer of the Hebrew epistle wrote by inspiration, showing us that one of the main purposes of the letter was to encourage Christians of a Jewish background to remain loyal to Christ in the face of hardship (Heb. 10:32-12:13).  In order to do this, God inspired him to show his Jewish readers the superiority of Jesus Christ and his new covenant over the Judaism.… Read More Hebrews: The Answer to Judaism

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