Maranatha Baptist Church

How can one joyfully accept the plundering and loss of every possession? This passage tell us.

Is the Widow's Mite a pattern of Christian giving or is there more to the story?

These verses present the Law as a weak and ineffective instrument. It provided a standard but it could not produce success. The weakness of the Levitical priesthood was ineffective due to the continual death of the priest.

Believers are to live their lives under the New Covenant as New people in Christ.

Anyone who rejected the sacrifice of Christ for sins would not find any other means of handling sin.The sin against which these believers were warned involved a deliberate rejection of the truth of the gospel.

Caleb Stallings - Just as all debts were settled in the Jewish year of Jubilee, so in Christ our sins are forgiven and our hearts filled with hope.

Twice it is said that the virgin Mary treasured something in her heart. What did she treasure?

As Christians we have a corporate responsibility. We must help others who stumble and falter. We must concentrate on the needs of others and not on our individual salvation only.

What significance does the incarnation have to believers?

Jesus gave His church a special and sensible way to remember Him.

Confidence describes a boldness believers have because of our new relationship to God. All believers can come to God’s presence. This privilege is no longer limited to the priesthood.

How can Jesus be both the Lord of David and the Son of David unless he is both predecessor and successor of David? Unless he both God and man.

The annual Day of Atonement never brought the worshipers into a permanent relationship with God. Why? Old Testament sacrifices reminded of sin but did not remove it.Only the death of the perfect God-man could take away sin.

The Bible tells us that some of the greatest graces, love, joy and peace are to be known but yet unknown. They exceed our understanding.

The Sadducees did not believe a whole gospel for they rejected the resurrection. They did not know the word of God of the power of God.

The shed blood of Christ in the New Testament refers both to his violent death and also to the use of his blood as a means of reconciling sinners to God.

Jesus teaching in this passage has influenced our nation tremendously.

The sacrifice of Jesus alone is sufficient for the forgiveness of sins and the cleansing of the conscience.

Jesus prayed not only for his disciples, but for us who would believe on Him.

The gifts and sacrifices of the OT were imperfect and temporary. They were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. Only Christ sacrifice offered an eternal cleansing.