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1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (mercy seat) for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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1 Samuel 28
1 Samuel 28: The Anathema of the King of Israel 1 Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 20199 min read
1 Samuel 27
1 Samuel 27: So Says The Heart of Man 1 And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 201911 min read
1 Samuel 26
1 Samuel 26: David Spares Saul a Second Time, But Announces His Doom 1 Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 201915 min read
1 Samuel 25
1 Samuel 25:1 Then Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 201924 min read
1 Samuel 24
1 Samuel 24: David Spares Saul 1 Now it happened, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying,...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 201913 min read
1 Samuel 23
1 Samuel 23: David Becomes a Savior of His People- Israel 1Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against...
Bill Schwartz
May 12, 201919 min read
Faith of A Great Cloud of Witnesses
The Word of God Brings Down Strongholds “’By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.’ (Hebrews...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 13, 201910 min read
Faith of Amram, Jochebed and Moses
All that knew Joseph “loved him, and were kind to his relations for his sake." (Benson) But “there arose a new king over Egypt, who did...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 13, 20199 min read
1 Peter 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 9, 201926 min read
The Adoption of Sons of Joseph- and naming of Manasseh as the Firstborn
Here is the case— not of determinism, but of free will and judgment based on deeds. Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 7, 20195 min read
Jacob's Blessing
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob AND Esau concerning things to come.” (Heb 11:20) I don’t think that Esau or any of his descendants were...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 3, 20194 min read
"The Binding", הָעֲקֵידָה Ha-Aqedah
After Abraham failed yet again, he planted a grove of trees and called on "the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God." (Gen. 21:33)...
Bill Schwartz
Feb 1, 20195 min read
The Homeland of the Patriarchs
"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, embraced them and confessed that they were...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Sarah's Trust- The Hope of Israel
“Sarai was barren; she had no child.” (Gen 11:30) She had no hope for Messiah to come from her womb. The first of three revelations was...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 28, 20194 min read
Abraham’s City with Foundation
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance and he went out, not knowing...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 24, 20193 min read
Noah Built An Ark and An Altar
Noah "walked with God", as Enoch, at a time when "wickedness was great and every thought of man’s heart was always evil." So God spoke to...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 22, 20193 min read
Enoch’s Walk
Gen 5: 21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years,...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 21, 20195 min read
The Way of Cain
"Adam was not deceived." Perhaps as a type of Christ, Adam left his paradise for love of his bride— Eve. “Nevertheless,” Paul teaches,...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 19, 20199 min read
Adam— Death Defined and Defeated
Jesus spoke the world into existence in six literal days (Gen 1; John 1:1-3; Col 1:16). Then, He formed Adam of the dust of the ground...
Bill Schwartz
Jan 13, 201916 min read
Binding and Loosing- A Case for the Bible
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth...
Bill Schwartz
Dec 9, 20185 min read
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