by Maurie Daigneau | Jan 21, 2020 | Gospel Terms/Phrases
Matthew 23:8 reads: “for One is your Teacher and you are all brothers.” By drawing nearer to Him and His word, I have experienced His drawing nearer to me (see James 4:8a), and in the process I have become convinced that the Bible does contain the spiritual words that...
by Maurie Daigneau | Dec 15, 2019 | Gospel Terms/Phrases
Paul had earlier asked the question, “How shall we who died to sin still live in it?” (Rom. 6:2b). In other words, how shall someone who has been released from his spiritual captivity to the sin presence within his car still let that sin presence influence the way he...
by Maurie Daigneau | Dec 9, 2019 | Gospel Terms/Phrases
There are only two terms used to describe a person’s inner spiritual condition from God’s perspective: “unregenerate” and “regenerate.” “Unregenerate” or “natural” is the post-fall-of-Adam condition of spiritual bondage to the indwelling presence of sin. As the...
by Maurie Daigneau | Nov 28, 2019 | Gospel Terms/Phrases
The Bible tells us that “…the LORD God formed man of the dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Gen. 2:7). Think of yourself as that first created person at the very beginning of the journey of...
by Maurie Daigneau | Nov 15, 2019 | Gospel Terms/Phrases
There is a common perception that comprehending the thoughts of God goes beyond the limits of the human mind. Invariably citing the following verses from Isaiah 55, theologians and Bible teachers have created a “but we can’t really know” or “we can’t really be sure”...
by Maurie Daigneau | Oct 3, 2019 | Gospel Terms/Phrases, Uncategorized
In order to read and learn from the New Testament as God intended it to be understood, I have found that study and analysis of word meanings in the original Greek can help to ensure that the intentional message, within His unbroken thread of truth, is not lost in...
