Category Archives: Bible Verses


Philippians 3:20 For our commonwealth exists in the heavens, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ

With God there is no time element. There is no clock in heaven, only eternity. As God views His people from the standpoint of eternity, He s [...]

Genesis 37:7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf rose up and remained standing…

If you had been Joseph, would you have considered your brothers heavenly and full of life and light? In Genesis 37:2 we are told that Joseph [...]

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, …crowned with glory and honor!

When Christ was enthroned, He received glory (Hebrews 2:9). Joseph also typifies Christ in this regard, for when he was released from the du [...]

John 10:11 I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep

Joseph, like Abel, was a shepherd (Genesis 37:2). This typifies the aspect of the constitution of Christ in the mature life that is the shep [...]

Colossians 1:28 Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ

The Greek word rendered “full-grown” [Colossians 1:28] may also be translated “mature,” “complete,” or “perfect.” Paul’s m [...]

Hebrews 5:13-14 But solid food is for the full-grown, who because of practice have their faculties exercised

Paul’s burden in the book of Hebrews was to bring the believers out of the “kindergarten” stage and to bring them on to maturity, to t [...]

2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be the more diligent to make your calling and selection firm

We Christians are destined to be kings in the Lord’s kingdom….It is impossible to be a king without…maturity. Even if the Lord [...]

Philippians 4:13 I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me

Paul was a person in Christ (2 Cor. 12:2), and he desired to be found in Christ by others. Now he declared that he was able to do all things [...]

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied

God will sovereignly use persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us and to take away every preoccupation so th [...]
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