Category Theology

Galatians 6:7: “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked…”     There is a modern proverb (often attributed to the novelist G. Michael Hopf) that goes, “Weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men, strong men create…

Luke 11:9: “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Summary: Luke 11:9 emphasizes that by asking persistently in prayer, believers will be…

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9: “dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the Lord’s presence and…

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Summary: In Matthew 7:21, Jesus emphasizes that mere verbal acknowledgment…

Matthew 24:37-39: “For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. For…they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage…they did not understand until the flood came…so will the coming…

Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Summary: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Matthew 18:23-35 illustrates the kingdom of heaven through a king who forgives an enormous debt…

1 Timothy 2:3-4: “This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Summary: The Parable of the Wedding Feast…

Matthew 6:19-20: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves…

Galatians 2:16: “…we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ…” Summary: In the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to…

Matthew 16:18: “…I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”