Category: BIBLE

MATTHEW 19: 14 – But Jesus said: Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. – This is one of Jesus’ commands for Christians regarding of bringing their children to the understanding of God in their early ages so that they will choose wisely when they grow up (Proverbs […]

HEBREWS 9: 27 – And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. – God decides that humans must die one day, so it’s a certainty that no one can escape, except for Enoch and Elijah (Genesis 5: 24, 2Kings 2: 11). Death happens to everyone else because of Adam eating the forbidden fruit […]

GENESIS 2: 9 – And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. – Everything that God created was good and beneficial to humankind (Ecclesiastes 3: […]

GENESIS 2: 16 – And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. – In the Garden, Adam had the freedom to eat whatever he wanted except for the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. – That meant Adam could freely eat the fruit from the tree […]

GENESIS 2: 17 – But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. – This is the first command that God instructed Adam not to do. He was free to eat all the fruits in Eden except for the fruit […]

GALATIANS 5: 26 – Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. – This is a command for Christians to follow. It’s not a suggestion (2Timothy 3: 16-17, James 1: 22). Christians have been called by God to make life on Earth better. Soldiers cannot be effective if their duties are simply suggested. As […]

LUKE 5: 38 – But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. – In this parable, Jesus lets us know that new and old cannot be mixed, because if we do, bad results will happen. – He used wine to make a comparison because it would cause different effect on wineskins, not because He was […]

ROMANS 14: 19 – Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. – God always wants humans to be at peace in their lives and towards others. He even wants Christians to be better in that aspect (Hebrews 12: 14). – Loving peace does not mean being a coward (Revelation […]

GENESIS 11: 7 – Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. – God is Trinity and from the first book in the Bible, He has let us know about Him (Genesis 1: 26). – One of the reasons that God confounded human language is because of their arrogance […]

MATTHEW 19: 21 – Jesus said unto him: If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. – According to the standard that Jesus set forth here, nobody can be perfect (Romans 3: 12). The young man thought he was perfect, […]