Living Water vs Cisterns
When I was around 11 or 12 years old, my parents decided it was time to move from the Northeastern part of the state back to the area where my dad had grown up in the southeastern part. We had…
Author: JB
What Do You Believe?
For years I thought I was “saved”. The teaching of the churches I attended were concerned with converts, getting saved, repenting (which was taught pretty much just asking for forgiveness). Becoming a disciple, keeping Yeshua/Jesus’s commands, Kingdom living, or…
What is The Great Commission?
What is The Great Commission? The last “instructions” that Yeshua gave to His 11 remaining apostles has been labeled as The Great Commission. Those last instructions, or commission (the act of committing someone to something or to a task or…
Where is The Kingdom of Heaven?
Where is The Kingdom of Heaven? When I ask that question of myself or anyone else that is familiar with Yeshua’s teachings in the gospels, the quick habitual answer is: “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.” from Luke, chapter…
Covenants and Commandments
God has laws, commandments, precepts for man to live by. The world chose to ignore these commandments and was judged unrighteous except for Noah who was judged righteous. At the very least Noah walked with God and was blameless whereas…
Who Will Enter The Kingdom Of Heaven
In The Gospel of Mathew, chapter 5, Jesus describes the people who will know God, find peace and righteousness, inherit the earth, and enter into His Kingdom. He said that He did not come to abolish or change the Law…
The Kingdom of GOD (HEAVEN) in Relation to The Kingdom of Israel
The Kingdom of GOD (Heaven) in Relation to the Kindom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel was an earthly kingdom. It came about in this way. God promised to Abraham that his descendants would multiply in number, possess the land…
The Son of Man Forgives Sins
The Son of Man Forgives Sins Much to the Displeasure of the Scribes! Matthew Chapter 9 – Jesus/Yeshua has just left the Country of the Gadarenes, where two demon-possessed men confronted him. He had told the demons to go into…
How Do I Enter the Kingdom of Heaven?
How do I Enter the Kingdom of Heaven? So what are we told about how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Most of us have heard, at one time or another, “just ask Jesus into your heart”. I’ve come to…
What’s in a Kingdom Not of This World?
My Kingdom is not of this realm… John 18 First let’s look at John 18:36-38 in the NASB2020 with Jesus changed to Yeshua: Yeshua answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My…