“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels […]
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Stephen Finishes His Speech
“You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.” When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with Jesus standing at the right hand of God, […]
Falling Away or Stumbling Away
In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said, “Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus – for he was counted as one of us […]
Denying Him But Still Living In Him
Now they arrested Him and led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance. After they kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in […]
Counting Forgiveness so We Can Lose Count
Luke 17:1 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! Luke 17:2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these […]